Author(s): Ogungbaigbe Temitope Sarah, Rasaq Ramota Ajoke, Babatimehin Temitope , Olawale-Jimoh Abimbola Roseline
This paper assessed students’ perceived knowledge, skills and attitudes towards general entrepreneurship programme in tertiary institutions in Ogun State. This study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The population for the study comprised tertiary institutions Students in Ogun State, Nigeria. A sample of 1050 students was selected using Multistage sampling procedure. An instrument titled “Entrepreneurship Programme Assessment Questionnaire (EPAQ)” was used to elicit information from the respondents. The findings of the study showed that the students had positive perception on skills of the general entrepreneurship programme (¯X=3.04, SD = 0.79). It further revealed that majority (66%) possesses high skills on entrepreneurship. The result also showed that demographic variables (class, sex, age and level) significantly influence students perceived skills on entrepreneurship (F (4,986) =10.73, p<0.05) with level in school having the highest influence (β =0.005, p < 0.000). It was concluded that students of tertiary institutions in Ogun state had a positive perception of skills acquired through general entrepreneurship programmes.