INFLUENCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION UNDERGRADUATES IN OYO STATE
Keywords:
Business Education, Business Education Curriculum, Entrepreneurial Skills, UndergraduateAbstract
This study was conducted to establish the Influence of Business Education Curriculum on Entrepreneurial Skills of Colleges of Education Undergraduates in Oyo State. The study had three objectives. Three research questions were generated to guide the study and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive research design was used in the study. The population of the study consisted all federal and state colleges of education business education undergraduates. Purposive sampling technique was used to select participant for the study. The sample size of the study was two hundred (200) from two colleges of education, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo and Oyo State College of Education, Lanlate. Self-structured questionnaire was developed and used for data collection. The administration of the instrument took four weeks. One hundred and ninety-eight (198) copies of the questionnaire were completed and returned. In answering the research questions, weighted mean of 2.5 and above was used as benchmark for agree while weighted mean of less than 2.5 represented disagree. Regression Analysis was used to test hypotheses 1,2 and 3 at
0.05 level of significance. Null hypothesis one was rejected while Null hypotheses two and three were not rejected. The study revealed among others that business education curriculum has no significant influence on financial management skills of colleges of education undergraduates. Also, it was revealed that business education curriculum has no significant influence on innovative skills of colleges of education undergraduates. Therefore, the researcher concludes that business education curriculum has little influence on innovative skills of colleges of education undergraduates in Oyo State. This action can result to lack of innovative skills by undergraduates of colleges of education to undertake a viable business venture for self-reliance
which might result to increase in the level of unemployment, economic hardship and social vices amongst business education undergraduates. In view of these findings, recommendations were made among others that business education curriculum should be strengthened by National Commission for Colleges of Education business education curriculum planners to broaden its financial management skill components. Equally, business education curriculum should be reviewed by NCCE business education curriculum planners to ensure adequate incorporation of innovative skill components.
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