An Assessment of Students’ Perceived Ability and Attitude towards Entrepreneurial Education in Oyo State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT: Entrepreneurial ability is the capacity and willingness to develop, organize and manage a business venture along with any of its risks in order to make a profit. It includes the application of professional knowledge, innovative ability and social ability. Entrepreneurial education is a prerequisite for addressing the problem of unemployment of school leavers (secondary and tertiary education graduates) in Nigeria as it prepares and equips them for their future pursuits. The study adopted for the study is the survey research type of the non-experimental design. Vocational and Technical Entrepreneur students from the Polytechnic Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria participated in the study. The population consisted of all polytechnic students who are offering entrepreneurial courses in his or her departments. The Purposive sampling design was adopted in selecting the 100 students. Data collected were analysed using descriptive (percentages) and inferential statistics (correlation) at 0.5% level of significance. It is inferred from the results of the study that students’ have a positive attitude towards entrepreneurship education; students have a great deal of entrepreneurial ability and students’ entrepreneurial ability can positively and moderately affect their attitude to Entrepreneurial education. Moreover, the study recommended that educational stakeholders encourage students at all levels (especially at the tertiary) to put in more passion and time into entrepreneurial education as this will foster their ability viz a viz their attitude in the subject.