ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL NEEDS OF GRADUATES OF COLLEGES OF EDUCATION FOR SELF-RELIANCE

Abstract

The study was carried out to determine the entrepreneurial skill needs needed by secretarial
education graduates of colleges of education for self-reliance in Oyo State. Four research
questions and two null hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a descriptive research
design that made use of 40 items structured questionnaire. The population for the study was 238
respondents. The questionnaire was face-validated by three experts. Cronbach Alpha method
was used to determine the reliability of the items and a coefficient of 0.75 was obtained. The
questionnaire was administered on 238 respondents by the researcher. Two hundred and thirtyeight copies of the questionnaire were returned and considered valid. The analysis was done
using mean and standard deviation for research questions and t-test statistic for the hypotheses.
The findings revealed that the 40 entrepreneurial skills needs were needed by the secretarial
education graduates for self-sustainability. Based on these findings, the researcher
recommended among others that secretarial education graduates should be encouraged to
acquaint themselves with all the relevant entrepreneurial skills that will enable them to be
sustained in the society