Entrepreneurship Growth and Development in Southwest Nigeria through Innovation in Technical and Vocational Education

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Mutahir Oluwafemi Abanikannda
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Abstract

The concern of this study is to explore Technical and Vocational Education as a panacea for Entrepreneurship growth and development in Nigeria. A descriptive research of the survey type was adopted and three research questions were raised in the study which were tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance, the population was made up of all Technical College students in Southwest Nigeria. 480 students partook in the study, stratified random sampling was adopted to select the subjects used. A structured questionnaire and a checklist developed by the researcher were used for data collection. The instruments used were subjected to face and content validation by relevant experts, a reliability coefficient of 0.84 was obtained using testretest method and therefore found to be reliable, a reliability coefficient of 0.80 was however obtained for the checklist. Descriptive statistical method of frequency counts and simple percentages were employed in the analysis of data generated for the study.

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Mutahir Oluwafemi Abanikannda. 2016. \u201cEntrepreneurship Growth and Development in Southwest Nigeria through Innovation in Technical and Vocational Education\u201d. Global Journal of Human-Social Science - G: Linguistics & Education GJHSS-G Volume 16 (GJHSS Volume 16 Issue G4): .

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The concern of this study is to explore Technical and Vocational Education as a panacea for Entrepreneurship growth and development in Nigeria. A descriptive research of the survey type was adopted and three research questions were raised in the study which were tested at 0.05 alpha level of significance, the population was made up of all Technical College students in Southwest Nigeria. 480 students partook in the study, stratified random sampling was adopted to select the subjects used. A structured questionnaire and a checklist developed by the researcher were used for data collection. The instruments used were subjected to face and content validation by relevant experts, a reliability coefficient of 0.84 was obtained using testretest method and therefore found to be reliable, a reliability coefficient of 0.80 was however obtained for the checklist. Descriptive statistical method of frequency counts and simple percentages were employed in the analysis of data generated for the study.

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