THE INFLUENCE OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION ON THE STUDENTS ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION IN NIGERIA'S HIGHER EDUCATION

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The purpose of this study is to measure the factors influence entrepreneurial intention among higher learning students in Bauchi State. The study used three dimensions as independent factors (curriculum development, teaching method, and government policy) and entrepreneurial intention was used as dependent variable. The study was conducted in Bauchi using two Polytechnic. The study employed quantitative approach via questionnaire adaption. The questionnaire were distributed randomly among 407 students in the Polytechnics. The respondent of this study were 370 participants from the two polytechnic in Bauchi State. The questionnaire was captured using SPSS Version 26 and the data captured and the preliminaries analysis was conducted using Smart PLS. Findings revealed that entrepreneurial intentions of students was prophesied by entrepreneurial curriculum, teaching method and government policy. The study suggested that in order to encourage polytechnic students' entrepreneurial intent, innovative teaching methodologies should be utilized in the discipline's entrepreneurship education the curriculum should also focus on the technoentreprenuership and the government policy should adopt a policy that can provide a conducive environment for the young entrepreneurs to strive.

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