THE ROLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN IMPROVING THEEMPLOYABILITY SKILLS AMONG VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATIONSTUDENTS IN NIGERIAN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION

Abstract

The study examined the role of entrepreneurship education in improving employability skills among vocational and technical education students in Nigerian Colleges of Education. Four research questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study employed a survey research method. The instrument used to generate data was titled Entrepreneurship Education and Improvement of Employability Skills (EIES). The sample size was 118 students comprised of 85 males and 33 females determined through a stratified sampling technique. Mean and
Standard Deviation were employed to answer the research questions while t-test statistics were used to analyze the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of this study revealed that entrepreneurship education curriculum inculcates employability skills among vocational and technical education students in Nigerian colleges of education. Additionally, the findings also showed that there is poor utilization of entrepreneurship education andragogy in the teaching of entrepreneurship education in all colleges of education. It is recommended from the findings that appropriate andragogy should be used in delivering entrepreneurship education; and that the course contents of entrepreneurship education should be tailored towards industrial and market requirements since vocational and technical education produce
students for the world of work.