Entrepreneurial Intention among Business and Counseling Students in Lagos State University Sandwich Programme

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of entrepreneurship education courses and career guidance which students are exposed to on their entrepreneurial intention and finally compare which of the course of study really develop entrepreneurial intention among the business and counseling students. Two hundred and six (206) graduating students from Departments of Guidance and Counseling and Business Education of Lagos State University, Sandwich programme were randomly selected for the study using an adapted Questionnaire titled “Entrepreneurial Intention Questionnaire (EIQ) used by Linan, (2006) based on the theory of planned behaviour approach developed by Ajzen (1991) as instrument. The findings revealed that the knowledge and skills derived from the two courses has impact on entrepreneurship intention of the respondents. However, the Counseling students show stronger entrepreneurship intention than their Business counterpart. The career guidance facilitates development of intention to become entrepreneur among Counseling students more than entrepreneurial courses has done for Business students. Nigerian students especially Business student should be exposed to career guidance to build entrepreneurship intentions. Greater efforts should be placed in enhancing the attractiveness of entrepreneurship within the educational system thorough functional vocational career guidance.

Keywords: Business Education, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurial Intention, Guidance and Counseling, Sandwich programme, Nigeria.