The Inclination to Self-Employment of Graduating Students of Vocational Education in College of Education, North-West Nigeria

Abstract

The main objective of this research was to find out the inclination of graduating students of Vocational Education to self-employment with the skills acquired from Colleges of Education, North-West Nigeria.  Effective acquisition of vocational skills inculcates entrepreneurial skills that help the graduating students to be self-reliant, this will in turn bring about national develop, hence they will be self-employed. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study.  The study was carried out in 14 Colleges of Education in North-West Nigeria.  The sample for the study comprised 445 respondents, made up of 325 Vocational Education graduating students and 120 lecturers.  The research instrument was structured questionnaire based on the research objective. The instrument was designed to elicit the ratings mean of respondents on the 5-point Likert-type rating scale. The mean was used for answering the research question, while t-test was used for testing the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance.  The result of the finding revealed that graduating students of Vocational Education in these Colleges are inclined to self-employment with the skills acquired to a great extent. It is recommended that the Federal Government of Nigeria should have a free interest loan scheme that will provide initial take-off capital for vocational graduating students who are willing to engage in self-employment.

Key words: Vocational Education, Graduating students, Colleges of Education, Self-Employment

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/15-11-04

Publication date: October 30th 2024