GAP ANALYSIS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS NEEDED AND POSSESSED BY ELECTRICALELECTRONIC GRADUATES FOR SOLAR POWER INSTALLATION IN TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGER STATE.

Abstract

The study was to examine the gap analysis on entrepreneurship skills needed and possessed by electrical/electronic graduates for solar power installation in technician institution Niger state. Three research questions were formula to guide this study. A total of 65 respondents consisting of 45 lecturers and 20 solar power installers randomly selected were used as the population for the study. A questionnaire was developed and validated by three lecturers from industrial and technology education department. Mean and standard deviation where the satisfaction took used to analyze the data collected for the study, finding also reveals that inadequate attention to entrepreneurship skill was not given by electrical/electronic lecturer and graduates. The study found that eleven (11) entrepreneurship skills needed, eleven (11) entrepreneurship skills possessed and seven (7) strategies for improving electrical/electronic graduates on entrepreneurship skills possessed are needed by electrical/electronic graduates for solar power installation. The study also find out that there was no significant difference in mean responses of lecturers and solar power installer on the entrepreneurship skills needed and possessed by electrical/ electronic graduates for solar power installation. Base on the finances, it was recommended that all skills identified in this study should be incorporated into electrical/electronic curriculum to train the 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.