Challenges militating against home economics enterpreneurship education in tertiary institutions in South Western Nigeria

Abstract

This study investigates the Challenges Militating against Home Economic Entrepreneurship Education in Tertiary Institutions in South western Nigeria.. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. The population of the study consisted of all the Home Economics Students in University of Lagos and Federal College of Education (FCE) Technical in Lagos State. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was adopted in selecting 50 respondents, made up of 30 Home Economics Students from University of Lagos and 20 from FCE (Technical) Akoka, Lagos State. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection which comprised of 32-items, based on a 5-point Liker scale pattern. The instrument was face and content validated by two experts: A reliability co-efficient of 0.79 was obtained using Cronbach Alpha analysis to determine the internal consistency of the questionnaire-items. The data collected from the study were analyzed using percentage, Mean and Standard Deviation for answering the three research questions. The findings revealed among others the recruitment of unqualified teachers; business capital; inadequate funding of entrepreneurship education in schools and universities; inability to access bank loans and credit facilities are some of the challenges militating against Home Economics entrepreneurship education. Based on the finding, recommendations were made among others that entrepreneurial topics should be included in the various levels of education, right from primary school levels and every should have set a business venture before graduating from the institution.