Financing Entrepreneurship Education Program in Kwara State Tertiary Institutions, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the strategies for financing entrepreneurship education programme in Kwara State Tertiary institutions. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling techniques were used to select three state owned Tertiary institutions out of the six. Stratified sampling techniques were also used to select 150 respondents which comprise registrar, director of works, head of departments of engineering, computer studies, catering consultancy and students representative from each of the sampled departments. The instrument used to collect relevant data are Financing Entrepreneurship Education Checklist (FEEC) and Entrepreneurship Education Development Questionnaire (EEDQ). The two instruments were validated by experts. Split-half reliability method was used to test the reliability index of LAEEQ using spearman ranking order statistics at .05 significance level. The findings however revealed that huge amount are generated in Kwara state tertiary institution but the funds devoted towards entrepreneurship educational development was recorded in the tertiary institutions. The finding shows that there are low significant relationship between expenditure patterns and entrepreneurship education development in Kwara state tertiary institutions. It was however recommended that adequate funds should be provided for developing entrepreneurship education in the tertiary institutions. The schools should also make use of the internally question funds to purchases necessary equipment for the effective teaching-learning of entrepreneurship education in Kwara State tertiary institutions.