ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT IN OMALA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE.
Abstract
This research work was carried out to study the impact of Entrepreneurship Education and Youth Employment in Omala Local Government Area, Kogi State. The objective of the study include to ascertain the relationship between entrepreneurial skill acquisition and youth employment in Omala L. G. A., Kogi State; to investigate the extent of significant relationship between entrepreneurial innovativeness and youth employment in Omala L. G. A., Kogi State; to evaluate the influence of entrepreneurial risk taking on youth employment in Omala L. G. A., Kogi State. The survey research design was employed. Using the five (5) point likert scale, structured questionnaire were administered to two hundred (200) randomly selected youths of Omala L. G. A., Kogi State, of which one hundred and eighty-four (184) copies were correctly filled and returned. The hypotheses were tested using simple linear regression and the collected data were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 26.0. The results revealed that entrepreneurial skill acquisition (β = .463 < .000), entrepreneurial innovativeness (β = .346 < .000) and entrepreneurial risk taking (β = .194 < .000) all have statistically positive and significant relationship and influence on youth employment in Omala L. G. A., Kogi State. The study concluded that entrepreneurship education affects youth employment in Omala L. G. A., Kogi State. The study recommended that government should ensure entrepreneurship education is included in tertiary institutions curriculum, and not just the inclusion, but ensure adequate implementation and monitoring, while providing institutions with the necessary facilities and equipment to train students (youths) in order to help them acquire a skill and be self reliant.
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