ENHANCING ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL THROUGH APPRENTICESHIP EDUCATION A STUDY OF SELECTED APPRENTICES AT THE MECHANIC VILLAGE, ABAKALIKI

📄 Project Abstract

This work assessed the enhancement of entrepreneurial skill through Apprenticeship education in Ebonyi State (A Study of Mechanic Village, Abakaliki). The major objectives were to encourage the use of apprenticeship education as a means of enhancing entrepreneurial skills and to determine the effect of apprenticeship education on entrepreneurs. This descriptive survey used a cross-sectional data collected from a sample of 330 auto-mechanics and their apprentices via questionnaire. Simple percentage was used to analyse the data. We found that apprenticeship education has a strong positive way of enhancing entrepreneurial skills and has a strong positve effect on the establishment of new businesses (mechanic workshops). The study recommended that the government of Ebonyi State should encourage apprenticeship education as a tool for entrepreneurship development by providing apprenticeship educational programes to help apprentices ehance their entrepreneurial skills and also provide basic...