Effect on Entrepreneurship Skills Development on Youth Employment in Kwara State, Nigeria

Abstract

Nigerian economy is regarded as one of the
largest in Africa; the nation however, is faced
with many problems of which unemployment is
one of them. Youths are said to be the strength
of a nation, but many of them are unemployed
and hence cannot in any way contribute to the
growth and development of the economy.
Therefore, the objective of the study was to
examine the Effect of Entrepreneurship Skills
Development on Youth Employment in Kwara
State, Nigeria. The population of the study
comprised of 195 students enrolled in
International Vocational, Technical &
Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), of which a
sample of 131 respondents was selected.
Primary data were used; the data were gathered
through a structured questionnaire. The data
were analyzed using both Pearson correlation
and simple regression analysis. The results of
the study revealed that a positive relationship
exists between entrepreneurship skills development and youth employment generation,
which is significant at p-value of 0.000 (R =
0.714, R2 = 0.510, (0.000) < 0.05). The study
concluded that entrepreneurship skills
development has effect on youth employment.
The study recommended that private sectors and
government should invest in programmes and
schemes that focus on the development of
entrepreneurship education.