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This study was carried out to investigate accounting skills possessed by business education undergraduates for sustainable entrepreneurship. To achieve this objective, four research questions and two research hypotheses were formulated to guide this study. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study and a population of 300 respondents while the simple random sampling technique was used. Accounting Skills
possessed by Business Education Undergraduates for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Questionnaire were used as the instrument for data collection. Project supervisor as well
as two other experts in the Faculty of Education validated the instrument. While Test- Retest method was used to determine the reliability coefficient. The data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation. To answer the research questions, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used, while to test the research hypotheses were at 0.50 level of significance using SPSS as well. A structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. From the analysis of the data, the following findings were revealed that the accountings skills possessed by business education undergraduates for sustainable entrepreneurship are in the area of stocktaking, profit and loss account, bank statement reconciliation, balance sheet and computer based accounting skills. Finally, the study concluded with some recommendations among others that Stocktaking, profit and loss, bank statement reconciliations, balance sheet and computer skills should be possessed by business education undergraduates for sustainable entrepreneurship
possessed by Business Education Undergraduates for Sustainable Entrepreneurship Questionnaire were used as the instrument for data collection. Project supervisor as well
as two other experts in the Faculty of Education validated the instrument. While Test- Retest method was used to determine the reliability coefficient. The data collected were analyzed using Mean and Standard Deviation. To answer the research questions, Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used, while to test the research hypotheses were at 0.50 level of significance using SPSS as well. A structured questionnaire was used as the instrument for data collection. From the analysis of the data, the following findings were revealed that the accountings skills possessed by business education undergraduates for sustainable entrepreneurship are in the area of stocktaking, profit and loss account, bank statement reconciliation, balance sheet and computer based accounting skills. Finally, the study concluded with some recommendations among others that Stocktaking, profit and loss, bank statement reconciliations, balance sheet and computer skills should be possessed by business education undergraduates for sustainable entrepreneurship
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