Effect on Entrepreneurship Skills Development on Youth Employment in Kwara State, Nigeria
Effect on Entrepreneurship Skills Development on Youth Employment in Kwara State, Nigeria

Effect on Entrepreneurship Skills Development on Youth Employment in Kwara State, Nigeria

Summary/Abstract: Nigerian economy is regarded as one of the largest in Africa; the nation however, is faced with many problems of which unemployment is one of them. Youths are said to be the strength of a nation, but many of them are unemployed and hence cannot in any way contribute to the growth and development of the economy. Therefore, the objective of the study was to examine the Effect of Entrepreneurship Skills Development on Youth Employment in Kwara State, Nigeria. The population of the study comprised of 195 students enrolled in International Vocational, Technical & Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), of which a sample of 131 respondents was selected. Primary data were used; the data were gathered through a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using both Pearson correlation and simple regression analysis. The results of the study revealed that a positive relationship exists between entrepreneurship skills development and youth employment generation, which is significant at p-value of 0.000 (R = 0.714, R2 = 0.510, (0.000) < 0.05). The study concluded that entrepreneurship skills development has effect on youth employment. The study recommended that private sectors and government should invest in programmes and schemes that focus on the development of entrepreneurship education

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