Correlates of Unemployed Graduates' Perceptions of the Importance of Entrepreneurial Education in Poverty Alleviation in Cross River State, Nigeria

Autor/inn/en	Ekuri, E. E.; Alade, F. O.; Sule, M.; Odigwe, F. N.
Titel	Correlates of Unemployed Graduates' Perceptions of the Importance of Entrepreneurial Education in Poverty Alleviation in Cross River State, Nigeria
Quelle	In: Research in Education, 89 (2013), S.82-84 (3 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-5237
DOI	10.7227/RIE.89.1.7
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Graduates; Unemployment; Attitudes; Entrepreneurship; Business Administration Education; Poverty; Nigeria + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Arbeitslosigkeit; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Unternehmungsgeist; Armut
Abstract	Drawing from the empirical research on unemployment among young graduates and the question of economic relevance of curricula of the tertiary education in Nigeria, this investigation was carried out to answer the following research question: Will unemployed graduates' perceptions of the importance of entrepreneurial education in poverty alleviation depend significantly on the basis of length of time of unemployment, their discipline, their area of job aspiration and the type of institution attended? The results indicated that overall, discipline, length of time of unemployment, area of job aspiration and institution attended significantly influence registered unemployed graduates' perception of the importance of entrepreneurial education in poverty alleviation in Cross River State. Unemployed graduates used in this study viewed entrepreneurial education as very useful in poverty reduction. Study discipline, length of time of unemployment, area of job aspiration and institution attended are critical in influencing the views of unemployed graduates on the importance of entrepreneurial education in poverty alleviation. Entrepreneurial education should be introduced and made compulsory at all levels of the educational system. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10