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THE EFFECTS OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION
Abstract
The study is informed by high number of graduate unemployment and possibility of making entrepreneurship as a carrier choice affected by entrepreneurship education course offered by the students. This study investigated the relationship that exists between offering entrepreneurship education course and students intention to become entrepreneurs in selected universities in north east Nigeria. The population of the study were all undergraduate students from five selected universities in north east Nigeria. Purposive sampling was used in selecting the five universities, while simple random sampling was used in selecting four faculties and respondents from each university. The data was gathered across two semesters using four point Likert scale, ranging from strongly agreed to strongly disagree. SPSS version 16, descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation were used in the analysis of the data. The results showed that the students agreed that there is positive relationship between offering entrepreneurship education and their intention to become entrepreneurs. The Pearson correlation results also showed that, there is positive relationship between offering entrepreneurship education course and students’ intention to become entrepreneurs.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship, Students, Intention, Subjective Norms, Attitude, Behavioural Control