ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILL NEEDS FOR REDUCTION OF UNEMPLOMENT AS PERCEIVED BY SECONDARY SCHOOL GRADUATES IN IDEMILI NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

This study assessed the entrepreneurship skills for reduction of unemployment as perceived by secondary school students in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. It was guided by three research questions. The study employed a descriptive survey research design and was carried out in public secondary schools in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A sample of 500 students was drawn from the population of 5205 SSIII students in 14 public secondary schools in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. A 15 item questionnaire was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by experts and the reliability ascertained using Cronbach Alpha. An overall reliability co-efficient of 0.82 was obtained and this was deemed high enough, thus the instrument was considered suitable for the study. Mean scores were used to answer the research questions. The result of findings showed that entrepreneurship skills for reduction of unemployment among secondary school graduates include: creative thinking skill, financial management and technical management skill needs. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that government should periodically train and retrain vocational and prevocational subject teacher in various skills such as: intiative capacity building and financial management.

Entrepreneurial Skills, Unemployment, Secondary Education,

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