Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Intention among Nigeria Universities Students

AKANDE, O. OLUSOLA

Department of Management and Accounting, Faculty of Management Sciences,

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria

E-mail: yinusoluwaseun003@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

One of the serious challenges facing Nigeria today is the youth unemployment with the ripple effect of their resort to violent crimes. This paper examined the effect of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention among universities’ students in Nigeria. Structured questionnaire was employed to collect data from one hundred and five (105) respondents through purposive sampling method. Linear regression was used with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the data collected in order to determine the effect of independent variable (entrepreneurship education) on dependent variable (entrepreneurial intention). The result showed that entrepreneurship education is a major source of inspirational trigger that positively impact on entrepreneurial intention. However, the result has a valuable implication for policy makers in higher education, school administrators and educators. It was therefore, recommended that for a nation to achieve meaningful and sustainable economic development adequate attention must be given to wide spread of economic activities through entrepreneurship education in our tertiary institutions.