Entrepreneurial Education and Graduate Employability in Nigeria: Students’ Perception of Unilorin’s Graduate Self-Employment(GSE301) Programme.
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2024-01-18
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Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin
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Entrepreneurship education in Nigeria higher institutions was designed to give graduates the
platform for self-reliance and employment after graduating from school. However, since the
commencement of the Graduate Self Employment (GSE 301) programme in the University of
Ilorin, it seems as if the students for whom the program was designed are less enthusiastic and
optimistic about its potentials to guarantee self employment. This study therefore took a closer
lookathowstudentsperceivedthebenefitsofGSE301programme.Thestudypopulationconsisted of all
300 level students of the University of Ilorin (estimated at 12,000) during the 2021/2022
academic session. The study target population was all 300level students of the Faculty of
Education, University of Ilorin (estimated at 1,850) during the 2021/2022 academic session.A
researcher designed questionnaire titled “Graduate Self Employment and Employability
Questionnaire” was used to collect all data for the study. The instrument was subjected to both
face and content validity by expert in the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin. A pilot study
of the instrument was done at Kwara State University, Molete. The exercise was subjected to
Cronbach Alpha test and it yielded a .075 coefficient of reliability. The study found out that
students faced several challenges in the course of the programme. It was also found that GSE
301has a significant potential in guaranteeing self employment after graduation. The study
therefore recommended that the Technical and Enterprise Center(TEC) that anchor GSE 301
should minimize the challenges faced by students and ensure they are exposed to more recent
equipmentandfacilities.Finally,alltheirfacilitatorsshouldbegiventrainingonhowtoeffectively
deliver instruction to students in conditions similar to the lecture room rather in what used to be
Trainer-apprentice system.
Keywords:GSE301,Facilitators,Enterprise,EntrepreneurshipEducation
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Atolagbe, A.. A(2024). Entrepreneurial Education and Graduate Employability in Nigeria: Students’ Perception of Unilorin’s Graduate Self-Employment(GSE 301) Programme. Ilorin Journal of Education 45(1): 76-87. Published by the Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.