Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Self-Employment Initiatives among Nigerian Science & Technology Students

Entrepreneurship education is introduced into Nigeria educational system to provide the necessary skills, competence, understanding, and prepare the Nigerian graduate for self-reliant, thereby contributing in nation building. This paper examines the effect of entrepreneurship education on self-employment initiatives among science and technology students of Gateway Polytechnic, Saapade Remo, Ogun State, Nigeria. Data obtained for analyses was obtained through self-administered questionnaires. In addition, simple percentage ranking, correlation and regression analysis techniques were used to analyse the questionnaires. The result obtained indicates that entrepreneurship education is a good policy and it has positive effect on self-employment initiatives. This study recommends that students should be encouraged beyond entrepreneurship school training projects to business ventures start-ups at micro and small-levels. Also, the Polytechnic management should collaborate with existing entrepreneurs and business organizations in providing entrepreneurship training to the students. Lastly, the polytechnic management, the government and other stakeholders can give special recognition, awards and sponsorship assistance as motivation to students whose projects are realistically outstanding. This will stimulate self-employment drives among graduates. Keywords: entrepreneurship education, self-employment initiatives, science and technology students

Promotional and Human Capital Development as Correlates of Administrative Staff Job Performance in Nigerian Polytechnic

The research paper investigates the effects of promotional and human capital development on administrative staff job performance of polytechnics in Ogun state, Nigeria. A survey research design and descriptive analysis was adopted for this study. The population comprised the administrative staffs of polytechnics (state and private owned) in Ogun state, Nigeria. Using a stratified random sampling technique, 200 questionnaires were distributed to administrators in four state and two privately owned polytechnics in Ogun state. Using the multiple regression analysis, the study found that employees job performance components (such as effectiveness, efficiency and adaptability) are positively related with promotional and human capital development in Nigerian polytechnics. The study concludes that the impacts of promotional and human capital development were more on employee effectiveness compared to task efficiency and job adaptability respectively. On the policy front, human capital development must be prioritized so as to make workers more efficient and effective in their functions and career paths. Specifically, promotion, employees training and development needs to be communicated to both managers and employees