PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT OF VOCATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION AND STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF THEIR TRAINING FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME IN CROSS RIVER AND AKWA IBOM STATES
This study investigated how vocational Business Education Students perceive their skills acquisition training programme in readiness for participation in entrepreneurship development. A 35 items questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. The study of population consisted of 200 final year Vocational Business Education Students in the two tertiary institutions of Cross River and Akwa Ibom states. Z-test statistics and the mean perception of students were used for data analysis. Findings revealed that majority of students do not have good perception of their skills acquisition training and significant differences do not exist between male and female students in the perceptions of their training for participation in entrepreneurship programme.
Keywords: akwa, business, cross, education, entrepreneurship, ibom, management, perception, planning, programme, river, states, students’, training, vocational