INFLUENCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS APPLICATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP PERFORMANCE OF FASHION DESIGNERS IN BOSSO LOCAL GOVERNMENT MINNA, NIGER STATE

Abstract

This study examined the influence of secondary school mathematics application of entrepreneurship performance of fashion designers in Bosso Local Government Minna, Niger State. This study was however identified various ways by which fashion designers apply mathematics and the difficulties encountered by fashion designers who do not have secondary school mathematics knowledge in the course of discharging their duties. It identified mathematics as very useful to fashion designers and out lined mathematical concepts that fashion designers should know so as to perform better. Survey research design was used. A- 24 item questionnaire on four point rating scale named questionnaire on application of mathematics to fashion design (QAMED); was used to licit data for the study. The sample was made up of one hundred and fourty (140) fashion designers in Bosso Local Government Minna, Niger State. Replace means and percentages were used for data analysis, targeted population of research comprises of two hundred and two (202) fashion designers in Bosso Local Government of Minna, Niger State. The sample size of (140) fashion designers was used for the study and comprises of both gender. The figure 140 was gotten using Taro Yamani formular. After the pilot test, the reliability coefficient was found to be 0.85 using Crombach Alpha formular. Mean and percentages were used for data analysis . In the findings, mathematics was identified as very useful in entrepreneurship performance of fashion designers and its application has great influence on the performance of fashion designers, recommendation were made one of which is that mathematics should be an integral part of fashion designers training program.