THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OVIA-NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE

ABSTRACT

This study investigated the impact of entrepreneurship education on senior secondary school students in Ovia-North east Local Government Area of Edo State. To guide the study four research questions were raised and answered directly. The descriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study consisted of the seven hundred and seventy (770) teachers in the thirty (30) secondary schools in Ovia North East Local Government of Edo State. A sample of seventy-seven (77) teachers was randomly selected form 7 secondary schools for the study. The research instruments used to gather data for the study was a structured questionnaire titled The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education in Secondary School Students Questionnaire (IEESSSQ). Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation). The findings revealed that the level of awareness of the benefits of entrepreneurship in senior secondary schools in Edo state is High. The study also revealed that Entrepreneurship education in senior secondary school curriculum to a high extent heightens entrepreneurial psychosocial adjustments of secondary school students in Edo sate on the basis of their self-esteem in public senior secondary schools in Edo state. It was also found in the study that there is a mandatory entrepreneurial skill acquisition program for all students in Nigerian secondary schools and it was concluded that entrepreneurship education has been a useful tool for reducing unemployment in Nigeria.