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SCHOOL - TEACHERS’ VARIABLES AND IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN AKWA IBOM NORTH WEST SENATORIAL DISTRICT.

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to determine the relationship between “School - Teachers’ Variables and the Implementation of Entrepreneurship Education in Public Secondary Schools in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District”. Three research questions were raised and three research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The population of this study consisted of all the 2793 teachers and 5967 senior secondary one student from all the 86 public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom North-West Senatorial District. The sample of this study consisted of 503 teachers and 1006 students. Multi-stage sampling technique was used for this selection. Two researcher-made Instruments titled “TeachersVariables Questionnaire (TVQ) and “Entrepreneurship Implementation Scale” (EIS) were used for data collection. The instruments were face validated by two experts from the Department of Curriculum Studies, Educational Management and Planning. The Reliability of the instruments were determined using Cronbach Alpha Analysis which yielded an Indices of 0.84 and 0.80 for “TVQ” and “EIS” respectively. Pearson Product Moment Correlation coefficient was used to answer the research question and to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significant. The findings revealed that school teachers variables, teachers’ personal creativity, teachers ’competence and class size significantly relate to entrepreneurship education implementation of public secondary schools in Akwa Ibom North West Senatorial District. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others, that teachers with high level of creativity should be employed for effective implementation of entrepreneurship education.

KEYWORDS: School Teachers’ Variables, Implementation, Entrepreneurship Education, Public Secondary Schools, Akwa Ibom North West, Senatorial District.

UNOH, Anthonia Michael AND UMOH, Edidiong Idorenyin

INTERCONTINENTAL JOURNAL OF EDUCATION, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VOL 9. NO. 1