Entrepreneurship Training and Involvement of Business Education Graduates in Small Scale Business in Calabar Metropolises

The study examined Entrepreneurship training and the involvement of business education graduates in small-scale businesses in Calabar Metropolis. The investigation was guided by two research questions and hypotheses. Descriptive surveys and inferential statistics were used in the study. The study involved 120 final-year business education students from the University of Calabar. the entire participants were used for the study. A researcher-created instrument termed "Entrepreneurship Training and Involvement of Business Education Graduate in Small Scale Business Questionnaire (ETIBEGSSBQ)" was used to collect data. Three experts validated the research instrument. The result shows that entrepreneurship training helps business education graduates develop risk-taking skills and creative thinking skills that could enable them to become involved in small-scale businesses. The study recommends, among other things, that business education students in Nigerian universities should be regularly exposed to entrepreneurial skills acquisition centres within the neighborhood for practical knowledge of entrepreneurial skills relevant to the economic needs of the immediate environment. Received: 4 September 2024 / Accepted: 17 February 2025 / Published: 10 March 2025