ASSESSMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS UTILIZATION IN SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES AMONG BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATES IN AWKA SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ANAMBRA STATE

Chika B. Odinaka

Abstract


This study was carried out to evaluate entrepreneurship skills and utilization in small scale enterprises among business education graduates in Awka South LGA, Anambra state. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 100 graduate entrepreneurs of business education for the study in Awka South. One research question was raised for the study with 26 Likert items. Out of the 26 items, 11 were on types of entrepreneurship skills while 15 were based on how the skills were utilized among business education graduates in Awka South. Data were collated and analyzed using frequency, percentages and mean rating scores. Findings of the study revealed that business education graduates were mostly skilled in trading (22%), fashion designing (18%), event decoration and management (11%), but, less skilled in ICT (2%) related careers. Also, the results indicated that those skills of entrepreneurship possessed are not adequately utilized among them in Awka South. Hence, the study recommended that the government at all levels in Nigeria should revisit their policy and make a change that will benefit young entrepreneurs to enable them apply their skills for entrepreneurship development in Awka, Anambra state and Nigeria in general.


Keywords


Entrepreneurship Skills, Utilization, Small Scale Enterprises, Business Education, Awka South

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