EFFECT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON GRADUATES' JOB CREATION: A STUDY OF 2021/2022 NYSC SERVING MEMBERS IN BIDA

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to examine the effect of entrepreneurship education (coching,
mentoring, supervision and simulation) on graduates’ job creation among Youth Corps members
of 2021/2022 set serving in Bida, Niger State of Nigeria. Entrepreneurship education is determined
by coaching, mentoring, supervision and simulation. The study adopted a survey research design
and sample size of 201 Corpers were sampled out of 417 serving Youth Corps members in Bida
using simple random sampling technique. Questionnaire is the instrument for data collection. Data
collected were run in Statistical Packaege for Social Science (SPSS) and hypothesis tested using
linear regression technique. The regression result shows that coaching, supervision and
simulation have significant effect on graduates’ job creation. However, mentoring has no
significant effect on graduates' job creation. The study concludes that entrepreneurship education
has significant effect on graduates' job creation. The study therefore, recommends that
entrepreneurial facilitators in the higher educational institutions should adopt coaching,
supervision and simulation teaching techniques to improve students' knowledge, skills and
experience for wealth and job creation. This is because the three study variables have significant
effect on graduates’ job creation.