INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP RISK-BEARING AND BUSINESS PLANNING ON TECHNOPRENEURIAL INTENTION OF BUILDING TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION STUDENTS IN COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH-EAST, NIGERIA

The study examined the influence of Entrepreneurship risk-bearing and business planning on Technopreneurial Intention of Building Technology students in colleges of Education in North-East, Nigeria. Two specific objectives and two null hypotheses guided the study. A descriptive survey research design was used for the study. The population of the study was 203 respondents and total population sample was used. Questionnaire titled SEETIQ was the instrument for data collection, and was validated by three experts from ATBU Bauchi and Federal College of Education (T) Potiskum. The reliability of the instrument was established using Cronbach alpha, and reliability coefficient of 0.7 was obtained. Six research assistants helped in the data collection. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS), Version 26 was employed for data analysis. Linear regression analysis was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The study revealed that risk-bearing and business planning had significant influence on Technopreneurial Intention of Building Technology Students in Colleges of Education in North East, Nigeria. The study recommends that National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) should implement specialized training programme focusing on risk bearing in business and business planning strategies for Building Technology students so as to enhance their Technopreneurial Intention in North-East Nigeria.