Title:
ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND JOB CREATION AMONG UNIVERSITY GRADUATES IN BENUE STATE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL MANAGERS

Authors:
Joseph Tersoo Loko, Chiangi Iorfa Mbam and Veronica Dooyum Loko

Abstract:
The study was carried out on entrepreneurship education and job creation among university graduates in Benue state. Three research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study was 22773 graduates. The sample of the study was 1139 graduates. A questionnaire titled “EEJCUGQ” was the instrument used for the collection of data which was subjected to validity and reliability test. Percentages and mean scores statistical tools were used to analyse bio-data and research questions respectively. Chi-square and t-tests were used to test hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study reviewed that there is a relationship between entrepreneurship education among university graduates, university graduates rely on entrepreneurship education to improve job creation, and that there is a significant relationship between gender of graduates on job creation due to entrepreneurship education. It was concluded that entrepreneurship education is the key to unlocking unemployment and as such graduates from tertiary institutions should be encouraged to establish small-scale businesses and be self-employed. Finally, implications and recommendations for school managers were pointed out that Managers need to play the role of reorientation, attitude adjustment, and disposition of prospective graduates from complete dependence on government for the job but should rather sort for alternative means from the ample opportunities provided to them by knowledge of entrepreneurship.

Keywords:
Entrepreneurship, job creation, school, Management

DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37500/IJESSR.2023.6402