UNDERGRADUATES ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND PROVISION OF EMPLOYMENT IN CROSS RIVER UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY CALABAR, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA: SOCIOLOGICAL IMPLICATION

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The study focused on Entrepreneurship Education and the Provision of Employment at Cross River University of Technology Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopt a survey research design and the population of the study comprised final-year students in the Faculty of Education CRUTECH which is about 793 final-year students 2020/2021, academic session. Simple and stratified random sampling techniques were used in selecting the subjects. The sample of this study will be made up of 397 students in the Faculty of Education CRUTECH. The study utilized a researcher’s developed instrument entitled “Entrepreneurship Education and Provision of Employment Questionnaire (EEPEQ)”. The Instrument for data collection was a researcher-developed instrument titled Entrepreneurship Education and Provision of Employment Questionnaire (EEPEQ). It was validated by supervisors and other experts in business education and Measurement and Evaluation Unit of the Faculty of Education, CRUTECH. The reliability estimate of the instrument is established through the Cronbach Alpha reliability method and the index ranged from 0.76-0.84 respectively. The data were analysed with independent t-test statistics and the findings revealed that agricultural education, home economic skills and business skills have a significant influence on the provision of employment. It was recommended among others that Government need to increase funding for the National Directorate of Employment programmes to ensure that the National Directorate of Employment performed its constitutional functions effectively.

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