PRACTICAL SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION AMONG PHYSICS GRADUATING STUDENTS’ OF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN
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2023
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Department of Arts Education, Faculty of Education, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Kogi Sate, Nigeria.
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This study investigated the practical skills and entrepreneurial intention among physics graduating students of University of Ilorin. In this study, the level of practical skills acquired by physics students and their entrepreneurial intentions were examined. This study was a descriptive survey type. The population of this study comprised all students from Faculty of Education offering physics in the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Fifty (50) graduating physics education students were sampled using a simple random sampling technique. A researcher’s designed questionnaire with the reliability coefficient of 0.76 was used for data collection while the data collected were analysed with the use of percentage and chi-square at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of this study revealed that majority of graduating physics education students dispensed high level of practical skills and were of moderate level of entrepreneurial intention.It was therefore concluded that practical skills acquired by the students’ enhance their entrepreneurial intention.
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Practical Skills, Entrepreneurial intention, NATURAL SCIENCES::Physics, Undergraduate student
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Akanbi, A. O. (2023). Practical skills and entrepreneurial intention among physics graduating students’ of university of Ilorin. International Journal of Arts, Communication and Pedagogy (IJACOP), 2(1), 70-80