Entrepreneurship Education in Public Secondary Schools in Kaduna State in a Period of Socio-Political and Economic Uncertainties

Abstract

This study is on entrepreneurship education in public secondary schools in Kaduna State in a period of socio-political and economic uncertainties. The main objective is to evaluate the availability of physical facilities for entrepreneurship education in public secondary schools in Kaduna State. Two research questions and one null hypothesis were formulated based on the objectives of the study. Survey research design was used and the population of study includes 3000 students and 5500 teachers. Simple random sampling was used for the study and research advisor (2006) and the total sample size used was 310 including teachers and students. 310 structured q questionnaires were used using Likert rating scale. Content validity was used to determine the validity of the instrument. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach alpha and the reliability coefficient is 0.60. Pearson moment correlation was used for testing the hypothesis at 0.05 significant level. The findings revealed that there are availability of physical facilities for entrepreneurship education in public secondary schools in Kaduna State ,and there is no relationship between physical facilities and entrepreneurship education .The recommendations of the study among others include parents should encourage students entrepreneurship education and adequate facilities and maintenance should be taken serious by the Kaduna State Government.