Impact of Polytechnic Education on Enterprenuership Development in Nigeria

Type Journal Article - Academic Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies
Title Impact of Polytechnic Education on Enterprenuership Development in Nigeria
Author(s)
Volume 2
Issue 7
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2013
Page numbers 113-123
URL http://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/ajis/article/download/1680/1684
Abstract
The consequential failures of breakeven in respect to business expectations in Northern Nigeria
drive around the competent knowledge acquired by entrepreneurs. This knowledge can be
translated into identifiable opportunities with lucrative business openings. As such impacting
knowledge on Entrepreneurship Education to yield employment opportunities through the
entrepreneurship development was the bases of this Research work. Survey Method was designed
and used with Multistage sampling procedure. The responses were categorized into four Stages.
(9) local governments were randomly selected from three (3) senatorial zones in Stage One. In
the second stage, fifty (50) Ramat Polytechnics graduates engaged in Entrepreneurship businesses
in the areas of Technical, Vocational, Businesses etc courses were purposively selected from 27
local governments of the state. Descriptive statistic and five point likert scale were used to analyze
the data. The result shows that; there were several types of entrepreneurs that are products of
Polytechnic Education fastened in economic growth with employment opportunities created
through the entrepreneurship development through expanding of businesses and poverty
reduction. It was recommended that Entrepreneurship development should become part and
parcel of tertiary Institutions’ curriculum so that youngsters will acquire the necessary skills from
the onset.

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