Impact of Entrepreneurship Education for Self-Reliance among LIS Students in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria.

Abstract

This study investigated the Entrepreneurship Education for self-reliance among LIS Students in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in order to achieve this objective five research questionnaire were formulated for the study. They includes the available entrepreneurship courses registered by LIS students in A. B. U Zaria the basis for choosing the entrepreneurship courses by LIS student in ABU Zaria. The challenges that hinder LIS Students into entrepreneurship among others. Descriptive survey design was adopted in which one hundred and forty (140) students of 300level, 400level, PGDIM, and Masters of LIS Department were purposively sampled Structured questionnaire was used. Descriptive statistics was used to analyse data it was discovered that 90% of LIS Students in ABU Zaria were not engaged into entrepreneurship due to lack of financial support by government, other individual organization and lack of motivation by parents, peers, and lecturers. The study recommended that LIS Students should engaged in practicing skill acquired during the training and studying to make them self-employed to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country after graduation and also acquiring and practicing entrepreneurship skills to make them self-reliant.