LADOKUN Isaac Olujide
Department of Marketing
The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
ladokunolujide@yahoo.com
AJAYI Paul Olusegun
Department of Marketing
The Polytechnic, Ibadan.
paulajayitd@gmail.com.com
ABSTRACT
The impact of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention among students of The Polytechnic Ibadan was investigated in this study. Eight departments from the Faculty of Business and Communication Studies were chosen using a purposeful random selection technique, while three hundred and twenty-seven (327) final-year students from 1,800 students in the specified departments were chosen using a basic random sample technique. Data was collected from students and certain professors taking entrepreneurial courses using structured surveys and focus group interviews, respectively. Descriptive and inferential statistics were employed to evaluate the data, and regression analysis (Ordinary Linear Square Estimation) was performed to test the hypothesis. The results suggest that entrepreneurship education has positive significant impact on students’ entrepreneurial intentions (t=3.786, p = 0.0032). Thus, entrepreneurship education is a powerful predictor of students’ entrepreneurial intentions.
Entrepreneurship education is a cure for students’ entrepreneurial intentions at postsecondary schools. However, the report advised that the government create the essential infrastructure to allow entrepreneurs to prosper in the country.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial intention, attitude