Social entrepreneurship empowerment of business education students for sustainability of the Nigerian economy
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2021
Authors
Alao, O.E.
Alao, P.O.
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Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought
Abstract
The prevalence of social, economic and environmental issues and problems around the world seems to surpass what the traditional entrepreneurship education could handle. Hence, the emergence of social entrepreneurship education as a complement to the traditional entrepreneurship education and empowerment for achieving the sustainable
development goals (SDGs 2030). Therefore, this study was carried out to determine the social entrepreneurship
awareness and orientation of Business Education students in tertiary institutions to ensure their empowerment for
realizing the Sustainable Development of the Nigerian economy. The study raised and answered two related research
questions and also formulated and tested three relevant research hypotheses. The descriptive survey research design
was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised all final-year Business Education students in public
universities and public colleges of education in Lagos State, Nigeria. The sample size for this study consisted of one
hundred and five (105) final-year Business Education students randomly selected from the sampled population. The
research instrument used was structured questionnaire. The Cronbach Alpha correlation coefficient used to determine
the internal consistency of the research instrument yielded an average index of 0.85. The research questions and
hypotheses data were analysed using mean and t-test statistical tools respectively. Findings show that Business
Education students had little awareness and orientation about social entrepreneurship education, and were illempowered for Sustainable Development Goals 2030. It was recommended that social entrepreneurship education
content and instructional strategies should be included in the curricula, with collaboration among the students, the
institutions and the communities.
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Scholarly article
Keywords
Social entrepreneurship , Empowerment , Business Education , Sustainability , Nigerian economy , Research Subject Categories::SOCIAL SCIENCES::Social sciences::Education
Citation
Alao, O.E. & Alao, P.O. (2021). Social entrepreneurship empowerment of business education students for sustainability of the Nigerian economy. Journal of Contemporary Issues and Thought, 11(1), 52-67.