ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS NEEDED BY ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC STUDENTS FOR ESTABLISHISHING SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES IN MINNA METROPOLIS.

Abstract

The study was to examine the entrepreneurial skills needed by electrical/electronic students for establishing small and medium scale enterprise in electrical/electronic in Minna Metropolis. Four (4) research questions were formulated to guide this study. A total of 77 respondents consisting of 33 lecturers and 44 electrical/electronic students randomly selected were used as the population for the study. A questionnaire was developed and validated by three experts from industrial and technology education department. Mean and standard deviation were the statistical tool used to analyze the data collected for the study, the finding also reveals that inadequate attention to entrepreneurial skills was not given by electrical/electronic teachers and students. The study found that nineteen (19) technical skills, sixteen (16) managerial skills, twenty (20) marketing skills and seventeen (17) communication skills are needed by electrical/electronic student for establishing small and medium scale enterprise in electrical/electronic. The study also found out that there was no significant difference in the mean responses of teachers and students on the technical, managerial, marketing and communication skills needed by electrical/electronic student for establishing small and medium scale enterprise. Based on this finding, it was recommended that all the skills identified in this study should be incorporated into electrical/electronic curriculum to train students. It was also recommended that the facilities for effective implementation of the identified skills should be provided by government and employers of electrical/electronic graduates.