Title: STRATEGIES IN IMPLEMENTING INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILL DEVELOPMENT AMONG EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT STUDENTS IN RIVERS STATE UNIVERSITY, NIGERIA

Authors:
Patricia Ebele Oshebor, Tambari Mtormabari Deebom (PhD), Okwu Francis Bogbula

Abstract: Abstract The study examined strategies in implementing inclusive education for entrepreneurship skill development among Educational Management students in Rivers State University. Three research questions were answered while corresponding null hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significant. The study employs descriptive research survey design. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select only final year students who have offered some entrepreneurship trade courses while purposive sampling technique was to select 90 students consisting of 34 male and 56 female final students who offered the same entrepreneurship trade courses which was used for the study. The instrument for data collection was a self-structured questionnaire tagged “Entrepreneurship Strategies for Inclusive Skill Development Questionnaire” and designed in a four-point modified rating scale of agreement. The instrument was validated and tested for reliability using test-retest method. A reliability coefficient of 0.86 was established for the study through Pearson Product Moment Correlation. Data collected were analysed using mean with standard deviation for research questions and the null hypotheses were tested with z-test. The study found that practical strategies, school-industry collaboration and supervisory strategies were strategies found effective in implementing inclusive education for entrepreneurship skill development among Educational Management students in Rives State University, Nigeria. Based on the findings of the study, it was recommended among others that university should ensure that inclusive system of education is prioritize when creating a linkage between the school and the industry. This will allow full integration of the disabled students to actively participate in the training period. The university should form a supervisory team whose members must have a disabled person(s) as this will serve as a model for the disabled students and also for inclusive education. Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Development, Inclusive, Skills and Strategies

Publication Date: 2023-12-09