ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTIONS OF UNIBEN GRADUATES
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The study empirically investigated entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions among graduated students of the university of Benin. Specifically, the study aimed at ascertaining the extent to which entrepreneurship education influences the intentions of graduates to pursue entrepreneurial activities after school. Hence, the study sought to ascertain the level of entrepreneurial intentions among graduated
students to identify the push and pull factors compelling/attracting graduated students into the pursuance of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the study’s goal was to examine the effect of the selected demographic variables (gender, age, academic level, and faculty) on students entrepreneurial intentions, while also ascertaining the major
forms of businesses that the students are likely to pursue after their course of study. Lastly, part of the study objective was to identify factors serves as deterrents or discouragement to students entrepreneurial pursuit. In order to effective guide the study towards achievement of stated the objectives, five research questions were raised, and three hypotheses generated. The study population comprised all newly graduated students of the university, of which data obtained from the registry put the population at 20,630, 2023/2024 academic session. The study adopted a convenient sampling method and after due computation using the taro yamane’s sample size determination formular ( at10%), a total sample of 100 respondents was arrived at. The study adopted survey research design which entailed the use of structured questionnaire in ascertaining the opinion of the respondents on the subject matter. Data obtained for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistic, simple percentages, and frequency counts; while the one sample t-test, independent sample test, and one way anova were employed in testing the formulated hypothesis. The data were analyzed via the statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 20
students to identify the push and pull factors compelling/attracting graduated students into the pursuance of entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the study’s goal was to examine the effect of the selected demographic variables (gender, age, academic level, and faculty) on students entrepreneurial intentions, while also ascertaining the major
forms of businesses that the students are likely to pursue after their course of study. Lastly, part of the study objective was to identify factors serves as deterrents or discouragement to students entrepreneurial pursuit. In order to effective guide the study towards achievement of stated the objectives, five research questions were raised, and three hypotheses generated. The study population comprised all newly graduated students of the university, of which data obtained from the registry put the population at 20,630, 2023/2024 academic session. The study adopted a convenient sampling method and after due computation using the taro yamane’s sample size determination formular ( at10%), a total sample of 100 respondents was arrived at. The study adopted survey research design which entailed the use of structured questionnaire in ascertaining the opinion of the respondents on the subject matter. Data obtained for the study were analyzed using descriptive statistic, simple percentages, and frequency counts; while the one sample t-test, independent sample test, and one way anova were employed in testing the formulated hypothesis. The data were analyzed via the statistical packages for social sciences (SPSS) version 20
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