Al-Hikmah University Journal

The study was to assess the pedagogical competencies required of Business Educators for teaching Entrepreneurship Education in tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. Two specific purposes guided the study and were further developed into two research questions and two hypotheses. Adescriptive survey design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised eighty-nine (89) Business Educators (53 male and 36 female) teaching entrepreneurship education in four (4) tertiary institutions in Cross River State. The entire population was used because of its manageable size, therefore there was not sample for the study. The instrument for data collection was a researcher’s self-designed 4-point rating scale title: Questionnaire on pedagogical competencies for Teaching Entrepreneurship Education (QOPCEE). The instrument was subjected to validation by three (3) experts and further tested for reliability which produced a coefficient of 0.84. Collected data were analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions and t-test to test the null hypotheses. Results revealed that the respondents strongly agreed that educational technological management competencies are required of Business Educators for teaching Entrepreneurship Education. Also, there is no significant difference in the mean responses of rural and urban based respondents on educational technology management as a pedagogical competence required of Business Educators for teaching Entrepreneurship Education. Alsothe respondents strongly agreed that classroom management pedagogical competencies are required of Business Educators for teaching Entrepreneurship Education. In addition, there is no significant difference in the mean responses of male and female respondents on classroom management as a pedagogical competence required of Business Educators for teaching Entrepreneurship Education.It was concluded that it isimperative that education technology and classroom management as pedagogical competencies should be develop by Business Educators for the effective teaching of Entrepreneurship Education in tertiary institutions in Cross River State. It was recommended among others that school management should supervise handling of educational technology facilities to ensure their sustainability.