THE IMPACT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS IN FEDERAL COLLEGE OF EDUCATION ASABA

The major purpose of this study is to examine the impact of entrepreneurship education on skill development of business education students in federal college of education, Asaba. This study adopted a survey design because the study sought to determine the opinion of the respondent on Assessment of Entrepreneurship Education for Skill Acquisition and Job Generation by Federal College of Education in Delta State, Nigeria. The population of this study consists of all three and four hundred level business education students in the Department of Vocational and Technology Education in Delta State. The sample size for the study was one hundred and twenty-five (125) students representing 45% of the population. The proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used in drawing the sample for the entire population and which is considered to be representative of the whole population. Based on the findings, the following recommendations are proffered: The youths should be properly encouraged to become entrepreneurs through implementation of relevant policies, in order to forestall the problem of graduate unemployment in the region; The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) should intensify effort to re-orient unemployed graduate on the benefits of not solely relying on Government for paid jobs.