Al-Hikmah University Journal

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 thirty-eight 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.