PERCEIVED IMPACTS OF ACQUISITION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ SELF-EMPLOYABILITY IN MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study investigated the impact of acquisition of entrepreneurial skills on university students’ self-employability; a study of F.U.T Minna, Niger State. The study adopted a survey research design. The research was guided by four research questions and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The target population was undergraduate students of Federal University of Technology Minna. A total sample of 400 students responded to the questionnaire from the School of Science and Technology Education and School of Physical Science. Krejie Morgan postulated sample size was used to determine the sample size. The instrument for data collection was Questionnaire on Employability Skills and it was validated by experts in person of Prof. D.I Wushishi, and Dr. I.I Kuta in the Department of Science Education. The instrument was then used for data collection and after which descriptive and inferential statistical tools were used for analyse. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was used to analyse the hypotheses. Findings revealed that entrepreneurship skills acquisition have a great impact on students’ selfemployability; The study also revealed that entrepreneurship skills acquisition have a great impact on students’ self-employability on both male and female students but the male students appear to be more ready for self-employability than the female students. Recommendation were made which include among other things that the government should establish more entrepreneurial training and workshop programs that would serve as a guide for the youth in the acquisition of entrepreneurial skill in other to facilitate their self-employability.