Incidences of Trade and Entrepreneurship Implementation among Secondary Schools in Makurdi Metropolis
Elijah. A. Hime & Imborivungu, Terkimbi Emmanuel
Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Benue State University, Makurdi
University of Agriculture Makurdi, Demonstration Secondary School
Email: akaakaseh@gmail.com,emmyterk@gmail.com
Corresponding Author: Imborivungu, Terkimbi Emmanuel
ABSTRACT
The study examines the incidences of trade and entrepreneurship implementation among secondary schools in Makurdi Metropolis. Three purposes, research questions as well as three hypotheses were set for the study. The study adopted Expo-facto research design. The population of 54 senior secondary schools in Makurdi Metropolis was also used for the study. Six (6) senior secondary schools in Makurdi Metropolis which represents 10% of the population were sample for the study. The records of external examination for the period of three years and a self-developed questionnaire were used for the study. Upon successful validation, the instruments were trial tested in a pilot study. The reliability coefficient of the instruments was 0.78. The data collected was analyesd using descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and t-test. The findings from the study revealed that both public and private secondary schools are not implementing trade and entrepreneurship subject properly in Makurdi Metropolis (P-value 0.22 is greater than 0.05 at df=4 and t=-1.45); and that trade and entrepreneurship subjects offered by students in public and private secondary schools in Makurdi Metropolis is not in line the specification stated in the national curriculum (P-value 0.18 is greater than 0.05 at df =4 and t=-2.12). The study also revealed that poor facilities and lack of teachers and supervision are some of the challenges confronting proper implementation of trade and entrepreneurship subject properly in Makurdi Metropolis (P-value 0.20 is greater than 0.05 at df =4 and t=-0.50). The recommendations were that proper implementation of trade and entrepreneurship subjects among secondary schools in Makurdi Metropolis should be given serious attention so as to achieve the goal of economic empowerment and self-reliance as well as poverty reduction in Benue State and Nigeria.
