Entrepreneurship Education as a Determinant of Students’ Entrepreneurship Intentions amongst Federal University of Technology Students, Minna Niger State.

Abstract

The study examined entrepreneurship education as a determinant of student entrepreneurial intentions among students at the Federal University of Technology in the state of Minna Niger. The accepted research was a descriptive survey research design. The target population for this study included all final year students in the Faculty of Science Education and Educational Technology with a total of 215 students from the two faculties of Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics options. A questionnaire entitled Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intentions Questionnaire (EEEIQ) was used for data collection on a fourfold modified rating scale. The reliability of the instrument was determined using Cronbach's alpha, the calculated result gave a reliability index of 0.76. The data collected was analyzed using mean and standard deviation to analyze the indications. The research question on students' intentions after learning Entrepreneurship Education at Federal University of Technology, Minna Niger State concluded that Entrepreneurship Education in all Nigerian Universities should provide information and knowledge to the students which is in high worldwide today Measures are marketable to diversify Nigeria's economy beyond the use of crude oil.