LECTURERS' COMPETENCE AND STUDENTS' ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN SOUTHWEST, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated lecturers' competence and students' academic achievement in Entrepreneurship Education in Southwest, Nigeria universities. A descriptive survey research design was employed. The population for the study comprised all lecturers and
students of Entrepreneurship or Entrepreneurship related courses in Federal, State and Private Universities. The sample size was made up of 1,119 lecturers and 7,500 students selected using both Cluster and Systematic sampling techniques. Human Resource Indices
Questionnaire (HRIQ), Instructional Material Questionnaire (IMQ), Entrepreneurship Education Achievement Test (EEAT)" were used as instruments for data collection. The data obtained was analyzed using mean, standard deviation and regression analysis. The result
obtained revealed a significant joint influence of lecturers' competence on students' academic achievement in entrepreneurship education (R2= 0.166, Adjusted R2 = 0.17, p<0.05). It was concluded that the status of human resource indices was good, for
entrepreneurship education and the students' academic achievement in entrepreneurship education was averagely alright in Southwest, Nigeria universities. it was recommended that there is need to improve the level of academic achievement of the students by ensuring that lecturers with the right qualification, teaching experience, attitude and mastery of subject content are employed to teach the students.