The impact of entrepreneurial education on youth empowerment among the undergraduate students in Kogi State University
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship Curriculum, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship Research, Entrepreneurship Trainning, Youth EmpowermentAbstract
The study examines the effects of entrepreneurial education on youth empowerment among undergraduate students in Kogi State University, Anyigba. The study used survey research design. The population of the study comprises of all 17,802 undergraduate students of Kogi State University while the sample size of the study comprises of three hundred and ninety-one
(391) undergraduate students of Kogi State University. 391 questionnaires were distributed, 250 were filled and returned. The hypotheses were tested using multiple regression analysis. The software used was SPSS version 20. The result revealed that entrepreneurship research, entrepreneurship curriculum and entrepreneurship training have significant effects on youth
empowerment among undergraduate students in Kogi State University. The study concluded that, entrepreneurship research, entrepreneurship curriculum and entrepreneurship training have significant effect on youth empowerment in this time of economic downturn. The study recommends among others that more funds should be release to tertiary institutions so as to aid more entrepreneurship research in tertiary institutions in Nigeria and also entrepreneurship training should be conducted for students of tertiary institutions in Nigeria so as to update their entrepreneurship skills needed in the 21st century business environment.