Assessment of Entrepreneurial Skill Needs of Business Education Students for Self Sustainability in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Festus Chukwunwendu Akpotohwo; Philemon Seidougha Watchman; Cletus Ogeibiri

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Assessment of Entrepreneurial Skill Needs of Business Education Students for Self Sustainability in Bayelsa State, Nigeria

Festus Chukwunwendu Akpotohwo, Philemon Seidougha Watchman, Cletus Ogeibiri

Published in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (Volume 1, Issue 2)

Received: 15 September 2016 Accepted: 26 September 2016 Published: 15 October 2016

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The main purpose of this study was to determine the entrepreneurial skills needed by business education students for self sustainability in Bayelsa State. The design adopted for the study was descriptive survey. The study was carried out in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa state. The population for the study comprised of four hundred and fifty (450) students in the department of Vocational and Technology Education studying business education. The total sample size of one hundred (180) business education students in Niger Delta University, Bayelsa state was randomly selected for the study. Based on the findings of this study, it could be concluded that entrepreneurial skills are required for effective business operation. Lack or absence of these skills affects graduates in embarking on any business venture. The entrepreneurial skills would enable the students to handle all types of documents for their customers and thereby meet their customers’ satisfaction successfully. The skills could serve both as operational guidelines for those in the business as well as training package for new entrants. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made: Business education students should endeavour to acquaint themselves with all the relevant skills necessary to create, and maintain customers’ needs. The findings of this study should also be made available to skills acquisition centres as a training manual.

Published in	Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (Volume 1, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.tecs.20160102.11
Page(s)	28-32
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Entrepreneurial Skill, Needs, Business Education, Self Sustainability

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Festus Chukwunwendu Akpotohwo

Department of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria
Philemon Seidougha Watchman

Department of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria
Cletus Ogeibiri

Department of Vocational and Technology Education, Faculty of Education, Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Nigeria

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