Influence of Entrepreneurship and Vocational Practice on Sustainable Poverty Reduction among Business Education Graduates

Abstract

The study examined the influence of entrepreneurship, and vocational practice on sustainable poverty reduction among business education graduates in Bauchi state, Nigeria. The study is guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. A survey research design was adopted where 100 business education graduates were used as sample of the study. The data was collected using business education graduates poverty reduction questionnaire. The data collected were statistically treated using Mean, standard deviation and multiple regressions. The results revealed that entrepreneurship and vocational practice have a positive and significant influence on sustainable poverty reduction among business education graduates. By implications, the findings of the present study suggest that persistent increases of poverty especially among business education graduates can be addressed by organizing seminars and workshops to business education graduates on how to utilize their knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship, and vocational practice judiciously to become responsible, productive and self reliance citizens.