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Repositioning Home Economics for Functional Entrepreneurship Education Programme in Colleges of Education in North-Central Zone, Nigeria


Iyabo Joke Shehu
Juliana Amram
Maimuna Abubakar

Abstract

This study aimed to discover the need for and approaches to repositioning Home Economics for a functional entrepreneurship education  programme in Colleges of Education in the North-Central Zone of Nigeria. Four (4) specific objectives and Four (4) research questions  guided the study. A descriptive survey design was used for the study. The population for the study comprised 73 Home Economics  lecturers and 178 NCE III Students in Colleges of Education in North-Central, Nigeria. Sampling techniques were not carried out, all the  populations were chosen for sample size because the population is small, manageable, and individual views were considered important  for the study. A 48- item questionnaire developed by researchers and validated by experts was employed as an instrument for data  collection. The reliability coefficient of the instrument is 0.745 using Cronbach Alpha. The researchers along with the research assistants  administered the instrument to the respondents. Seventythree (73) Lecturers' questionnaires were administered, seventy-three (73) were  returned and one hundred and seventy-eight (178) student questionnaires were administered but one hundred and sixtytwo (162)  were returned successfully thereby giving 100% and 91% return rate. Mean was used to analyze the data. The study's findings revealed  the need to reposition the Home Economics curriculum for functional Entrepreneurship Education in Colleges of Education in the North- Central Zone, Nigeria (Average Mean 3.44). Based on the findings, recommendations were made to include that Colleges of Education  should adopt innovative curriculum design, teaching methods, assessment tools, and robust feedback mechanisms. 


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