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Title: | Evaluation of the Implementation of Undergraduate General Studies Entrepreneurship Curriculum in Federal Universities in North-Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria |
Authors: | Davwet, Hulda Maxwell Damar, Dorah Nanman Goyit, Meshach Gomam Kajang, Yakubu Gorah |
Keywords: | Entrepreneurship Education |
Issue Date: | 24-Jun-2019 |
Publisher: | Creative Education |
Citation: | Davwet, H. M., Damar, D. N., Goyit, M. G., & Kajang, Y. G. (2019). Evaluation of the Implementation of Undergraduate General Studies Entrepreneurship Curriculum in Federal Universities in North-Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria. Creative Education, 10, 1163-1179. |
Series/Report no.: | Vol. 10;Pp 1163-1179 |
Abstract: | The study evaluated the Implementation of Undergraduate Entrepreneurship
Curriculum in Federal Universities in North Central Geo-Political Zone, Nigeria.
The study was aimed at finding out the level of the implementation of
the GST entrepreneurship education in federal universities in Nigeria and
how it has equipped the undergraduate students with the necessary entrepreneurship
skills that would enable them to practice after graduation. Four research
questions and two hypotheses were raised for the study. A
cross-sectional survey research design was used for the study. The population
of the study constituted of seven federal universities in the study area 14 directors,
49 GST lecturers and 25,087 final year (400 levels) undergraduate
students. The sample size of the study consisted of five federal universities, 10
Directors (including five GST Directors & five Entrepreneurship Directors),
29 GST lecturers and 1826 final year (400 levels) undergraduate students using
multi-stage sampling technique. The instruments for data collection were
structured Undergraduate General Studies Entrepreneurship Curriculum Implementation
Questionnaires (UGSECIQ) which were sub-divided into three
sections for: directors, lecturers and students. Content validity was established
on the questionnaire by three experts, each from Curriculum Studies,
Business Management and Measurement and Evaluation from the University
of Jos. A reliability coefficient of 0.890, 0.901 and 0.957 for the directors, lecturers
and students’ responses respectively were obtained through Cronbach Alpha. The data obtained for the research questions were analysed using
mean, standard deviation and simple percentage while chi-square for independent
samples and ANOVA were used for testing the hypotheses using
SPSS version 21.0. The results of the findings revealed that the implementation
process of the undergraduate GST entrepreneurship education was constrained
by inadequate funding to procure learning materials and facilities for
equipping the entrepreneurship centres of the universities. It was recommended
based on the finding that the universities management through the
National Universities Commission (NUC) collaborates with Industrial Training
Fund (ITF), Petroleum Trust Funds (PTF) and Tertiary Educational Trust
Fund (TET-Funds) to access funds to sponsor entrepreneurship education
programme of the universities. Also, universities management should collaborate
with successful private entrepreneurs within its vicinity and outside for
sponsorship of entrepreneurship activities in the universities by so doing will
reduce underfunding of the programme in the universities. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3005 |
ISSN: | 2151-4771 2151-4755 |
Appears in Collections: | Science and Technology Education
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