标题:Entrepreneurial Competencies Required by Secondary School Graduates for Processing Cashew Nuts to Kernel for Poverty Reduction in Enugu State, Nigeria
期刊名称:Journal of Emerging Trends in Educational Research and Policy Studies
电子版ISSN:2141-6990
出版年度:2012
卷号:3
期号:6
出版社:Scholarlink Resource Centre
摘要:This paper identified entrepreneurial competencies required by Secondary School graduates for processing cashew nuts to kernel for poverty reduction in Enugu State. This study is significant to the secondary school graduates, their parents, skill acquisition centres, Enugu State Government and future researchers. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a survey research deign. It was carried out in Enugu State. The population for the study was 134 made up of 102 female teachers of agriculture and 32 traditional women cashew nut processors. The entire population was involved for the study. Questionnaire was use for data collection. The internal consistency of the instrument was 0.81. The data was analyzed using the mean, standard deviation and t-test. The findings include, among others, the total of 27competencies. Recommendations were made.
关键词:entrepreneurial competencies; secondary school graduates; processing; poverty reduction.