Edupreneurial Practices and Post-Basic Students’ Career Readiness in Nigerian Schools: Implication for Educational Managers

Abstract

The discrepancy between theory and practice highlights the need to investigate entrepreneurial activities in education as a way to improve students' preparedness for the workforce. This study therefore, investigated the influence of Edupreneurial Practices on the Career Readiness of Post-Basic Students in Nigerian Schools. Four research questions were raised to guide the study and three null hypotheses were formulated and tested. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The population of the study comprised students in senior secondary schools in Lagos state, Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 400 participants from three local government areas. The instrument for data collection was a researcher-developed and validated questionnaire titled Edupreneurial Practices and Career Readiness Questionnaire (EEPCRQ). The instrument was deemed reliable as it was tested using test-retest method, with a reliability co-efficient value of 0.88 obtained. Descriptive statistics was used for data analysis. Hypotheses were tested at a .05 level of significance with the use of Chi-square statistics. The study found that the level of career readiness of student was low. The study concluded that the low level of career readiness among post-basic students would persist until the lacuna between theory and practice is resolved. The study recommended among others that educational managers should transform themselves in strategies as well as practices at all levels of operation.