Entrepreneurship Education as Correlate of Postgraduate Employability in Southeast, Nigeria

Egeonu Doris Chika and Joachim C. Omeje
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Egeonu Doris Chika: Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka
Joachim C. Omeje: Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies University of Nigeria, Nsukka

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2024, vol. 8, issue 8, 238-245

Abstract: This study aims to investigate the correlation between entrepreneurship education and postgraduate employability in Southeast Nigeria. The study adopted a correlational survey design. The population for this study consisted of all the 8,461 postgraduate students admitted in all the federal universities in South East Zone of Nigeria in the 2017/2018 academic session. A sample of 846 postgraduate students was selected using stratified random sampling technique. The Entrepreneurship Education Questionnaire (EEQ) was used as the primary instrument for data collection. The findings of the study revealed a significant relationship between entrepreneurship education and postgraduate employability in Southeast Nigeria. This suggests that postgraduate students who have higher levels of entrepreneurship education are more likely to be employed after graduation. Additionally, the study did not find any significant moderating effect by gender on the relationship between entrepreneurship education and postgraduate employability. This study suggests that entrepreneurship education has a strong positive correlation with postgraduate employability in Southeast Nigeria. The findings of this study contribute to the existing literature on postgraduate employability and entrepreneurship education, particularly within the context of Southeast Nigeria.

Date: 2024
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