STRATEGIC SKILLS NEEDED BY UNIVERSITY ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION STUDENTS FOR SELF-EMPLOYMENT AFTER GRADUATION IN ENUGU STATE

This study was carried out to determine the strategic skills needed by University entrepreneurship Education students for self-employment after graduation in Enugu State. Descriptive survey research design was used for the study. Two research questions guided the study and two null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The population for the study comprised of 30 Business Educators from Federal and State Universities. There was no sampling because of the manageable size of the population. The instrument was a - 20 item structured questionnaire developed by the researchers entitled: Strategic Skills Needed by Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire (SSNBEEQ). The instrument was duly validated by three experts. The reliability was done using Cronbach Alpha which yielded coefficient of 0.72 indicating that the instrument was reliable. Two research questions was answered using mean with standard deviations; while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test at appropriate degree of freedom. Results of data analysis relating to the study have shown that innovative and adaptability skills respectively are needed by university entrepreneurship education students for self-employment after graduation in Enugu State. The null hypotheses tested showed that there was no significant difference in the mean scores of Business Educators in Federal and State Universities in Enugu State on innovative and adaptability skills respectively. Based on the findings, it was recommended that University Entrepreneurship Education students should be exposed to various innovative skills. Again, Business Educators should impact useful adaptability skills to her students