IMPACT APPRAISAL OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AS A GENERAL COURSE ON ENTREPRENEUR SKILLS ACQUISITION OF UNIVERSITIES UNDERGRADUATES IN KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA

This research work focuses on the appraisal of the impact of entrepreneurship education as a general course to universities undergraduate students on their entrepreneur skills acquisition. The study has seven objectives and seven null hypotheses were formulated and tested. Descriptive survey design method was adopted in the study. Self constructed structured questionnaire titled "Entrepreneurship education and entrepreneur skills" (EEE5) was used for data collected from 300 undergraduate students from three selected universities in Nigeria. 255 copies of questionnaire were properly filled and subjected to statistical analysis. Regression analysis was employed to test Null hypotheses one, two, three, four, five and seven Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to test null hypotheses six. All the hypotheses were tested at significance level of 0.05. The results of the study reveals, among other that teaching of entrepreneurship education as a general course in universities has no significant impact on undergraduate students' skills acquisition for Business formation in Nigeria. One of the advices provided is that every programme should have Entrepreneurship education integrated into its curriculum rather than teaching it as a general course, and that the course should not be a separate, isolated course but should be integrated into all courses.