Gender and Maroua University Students Orientation towards Entrepreneurial Studies: Management Imperatives for Sustainable Development

Abstract

This study explored gender and Maroua University Students’ Orientation towards entrepreneurial studies and its management implications for sustainable development. This ex-post facto designed study isolated two hypotheses which determined the extent of students orientation towards entrepreneurial studies and compared male and female students’ orientations towards skills acquisition for the business management, acquisition of practical skills for entrepreneurship and skills acquisition for financial planning 300 students were drawn from two departments of Higher Institute of the Sahel (institut superieur du sahel) I.S.S to constitute the sample using stratified random sampling technique. The researcher constructed an instrument called “Students” Entrepreneurship Studies Orientation Questionnaire” (SESOQ) to illicit or collect data, population t-test (test of single mean) and Independent t-test Statistical techniques were used to analyze data collected. Results obtained revealed that university students orientation towards entrepreneurial studies is significantly low university students’ orientation towards entrepreneurial studies is significantly dependent on gender with respect to orientation towards skills acquisition for business establishment orientation towards skills for entrepreneurship, orientation towards skills acquisition for financial planning and orientation towards skills acquisition for business management is not significantly dependent on gender. The paper recommends that the university authority should pay more attention equipping the students towards acquiring the necessary entrepreneurial skills to make them employers of labor and self-reliant.

Keywords: gender, university students, orientation, entrepreneurial studies, management and sustainable development.