Students’ perception of entrepreneurship education for job creation: a case of College of Education and External Studies of Makerere University

Abstract

The study investigated students’ perception of entrepreneurship education for job creation: A case of college of education and external studies of Makerere University. Specifically, the study examined how entrepreneurship education makes students aware of their innate entrepreneurial abilities for job creation, established what students think about the delivery of entrepreneurship education for job creation, and also examined how the students perceive the assessment in entrepreneurship for job creation. The study used a quantitative approach where variables were measured and analysed with statistical procedures using SPSS. It was a survey and cross sectional in nature. Its study overall population was 125 students offering entrepreneurship education from two schools in College of education and external studies. The full sample size was 95 respondents determined proportionately from the two strata. Self-administered questionnaires were used. The results were computed from the descriptive statistics. Means and standard deviations were used to score the variable items. The study came out with some of the following conclusions that: Personal entrepreneurial characteristics are the key drivers of innate entrepreneurial abilities for job creation, entrepreneurship education for job creation is still perceived variously by different people. Whereas others think that it very important, there are still many who are undecided, successful local entrepreneurs are an attraction to students for job creation. The recommendations from the study were: the university in designing the entrepreneurship education curriculum should put more emphasis on the development of student’s personal entrepreneurial characteristics, the university should create awareness on factors that lead to job creation so that the students become decided on entrepreneurship education for job creation, students should be frequently taken for field visits to see successful local entrepreneurs, and government should develop a policy on assessment in entrepreneurship education for job creation.