EFFECTS OF USING KNOWLEDGE OF CHEMICAL CONCEPTS ON COSMETOLOGY PRODUCTION AS PATHWAYS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS, AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

Fermentation process is one of chemical concept that can be demonstrated inform of practical teaching and a necessities for average chemistry students to partake in it. This could have directed their minds towards entrepreneurship development after school that is capable of reducing unemployment, poverty and other social crimes within the society. This study was therefore set out to determine the effect of cosmetology on chemistry students regarding the use of knowledge of chemical concepts as pathway to entrepreneurial skills development. The study is empirical and adopted descriptive survey and quasi experimental research design using multi-stage sampling procedure. The populations were all science student in the public secondary school in Kwara state and the sample consist of 110 SSII science students. Three instruments were used they are Chemistry student Achievement Test (CAT) and Students Awareness and Interest of the use of Knowledge of Chemical Concept in cosmetology as pathways for Entrepreneurship Skill Acquisition using Questionnaire with Linkert scale. A pilot test was conduct among 20 non participants and the reliability coefficient of 0.82, 0.83 and 0.72 using Cronbach Alpha formula. Research questions were answered using means standard deviation while research hypotheses were tested at p = 0.05 using t-test. The results showed that there is significant difference in the performance and the achievement of student at p = 0.05). The study concluded that the use of knowledge of chemistry concepts had effect on entrepreneurial skills and achievement on secondary school students as pathways for entrepreneurship skill development in Kwara State. The study therefore recommended that there is an urgent need for the government and education stakeholders to develop a comprehensive framework to see how entrepreneurship skills acquisition could be part of core course in the chemistry school curriculum; teacher should see chemistry teaching beyond the classroom situation and the government should ready be to give adequate financial support in the realization of the objective