Entrepreneurial Skills' Training Packages on Disinfectant Production among Universities Chemistry Students in North Central, Nigeria

Abstract

This study developed and determined the effect of entrepreneurial skill training package on disinfectant for undergraduate chemistry students’ skill acquisition in North Central Zone, Nigeria. To guide the study, two research questions and two hypotheses were stated and formulated respectively. The design of the study was non randomized post-test only quasi experimental. The population of the study comprised 1,640 consisting of Chemistry Lecturers and Undergraduate Chemistry Students from four Universities within the Study Area. Sample of Two Hundred and Ninety Six (296) respondents were used for the study. The instruments for data collection were structured questionnaires which were developed by the researcher from literature. Five specialists validated the items of the instruments. The reliability coefficients of the instruments were computed using Cronbach Alpha method. The coefficients of 0.83 and 0.77 was established. The data collected were analyzed using mean (X), standard deviation (SD), and percentage (%) to answer the research questions, while the two hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significance using t-test statistic. The result of the finding revealed that 16 skills are required for disinfectant production. All the skills were accepted by respondents as necessary and required for the development of entrepreneurial skill training package in disinfectant production for undergraduate chemistry students. Hypotheses tested  showed that there was no significant difference in the performance mean scores of male and female Undergraduate Chemistry Students hence were accepted not rejected p>0.05 while result from the second hypothesis  revealed that  there was significant difference between the  mean scores of state and federal undergraduate  chemistry students , hence were rejected pË‚0.05. Some recommendations were made among others as a result of the study findings which were that: Chemistry teachers, lecturers and their students should make use of the developed skill training package to teach chemistry so as to understand its concepts and at the same time get the economic relevance and benefits of chemistry for self-reliance and sustainable economic development. Nigerian government should integrate the developed entrepreneurial skill training package on chemical product production for youths who wish to go into chemical products production on short term basis so as to enable them acquire the required entrepreneurial skills in chemical products production for employment.

Keywords: Entrepreneur, entrepreneurial skills, Training packages, self-reliance, development