The introduction of Entrepreneurship Development Education (EDE) is seen as one of the right steps taken in the right direction. Today, this directive is in force in all tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Worried by the high rate of graduate unemployment which has been put at 1.8million yearly, Esene (2014) reported that the Presidency had in 2006, issued a directive to all higher educational institutions in Nigeria to include on its curriculum of studies, Entrepreneurship Development Education (EDE) as a compulsory course for all students irrespective of the students’ areas of discipline. This situation stem from the various challenges that confronts graduates especially OTM in achieving their career aspirations and entrepreneurship development. The unemployment rate in the country was put at about 3 million by 2004 (NBS, 2004) while the polytechnics, mono-technics, colleges of education and the universities continue to churn out graduates annually into the labour market that is already saturated due to their inability to start up their own businesses. The problem with Nigeria stems from the fact that a vast percentage of her population is made up of peasant farmers, petty traders, civil servants (some of whom are underemployed) and the rest unemployed. This situation persisted inspite of the fact that the country exports huge quantities of crude oil daily (Terdoo, 2014). Ironically, Nigerian is categorized among the poorest in the world with more than 60% of the country’s population living below poverty line, that is, they live on less than one U.S Dollar per-day according to National Planning Commission (NPC, 2004). It has been reported that Nigeria is the most populated nation in Africa with a population of over 160 million according to 2006 census and she has the fourth largest economy in the continent. 3.5 Research Instrument and AdministrationĬhapter Four: Data Presentation and AnalysisĬhapter Five: Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation.3.4 Sample Size Selection Technique and Procedure.In regard to the findings, the study recommends that office Technology and Management departments should be provided with adequate equipment and facilities like computers, scanners, photocopiers internet facilities to enable the youths upon graduation, be equipped with adequate skills to run entrepreneurial ventures of their own. Further findings showed that the entrepreneurship opportunities in the OTM programme consist of monetizing shorthand skills independently, running a business center, owning a consultancy firm, The extent to which Entrepreneurship Education (EDE) has exposed OTM graduates to entrepreneurship opportunities is high. Also, the study discovered that entrepreneurship education enhances acquisition of the necessary skills for gainful self-employment in Nigeria. The result of the findings reveals that there are entrepreneurship opportunities available for OTM students. While the hypothesis was tested using chi-square statistical tool. The collected and validated questionnaires were analyzed using frequency, and mean score tables. Self-constructed and validated questionnaire was used for data collection. In determining the sample size, the researcher conveniently selected 160 respondents while 153 were received and 141 were validated. The population size comprise of office technology and management students in Kaduna polytechnic. The survey design was adopted and the simple random sampling techniques were employed in this study. To achieve this, four significant research objectives were formulated. This study was carried out on entrepreneurship opportunities for office technology and management graduate: a panacea for unemployment using Kaduna polytechnic as a case study. Entrepreneurship Opportunities For Office Technology And Management Graduate: A Panacea For Unemployment
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