JOLAADE, I.A and IRO-IDORO, C.B and MOHAMMED, S.R. (2009) SECRETARIAL EDUCATION: A CATALYST FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT. In: 1st National Conference of School of Applied Science, Monday 26th – Friday 30th October, 2009, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, Multipurpose Hall.
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Abstract
The impact of Secretarial Education on the growth of business activities all over the world cannot be over emphasized. Nigeria‟s Polytechnic education faces a dilemma of increased demand for places against declining funding and increased graduate unemployment. The introduction of cost sharing in an environment of increased poverty levels and inadequate educational loans and Bursary aggravated matters. This paper presents findings of a case study of 40 products of Secretarial Studies Department of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro involved in small business ventures like; photography, telephone business, photocopy business, sale of books among others in an attempt to cope with their financial situations. This study sought to find out how Secretarial Education serves as a Catalyst for Entrepreneurship Development in Nigeria. The work shows that most of the respondents entered into small business ventures and ran these businesses mainly for survival since unemployment ratio is high in the country coupled with the global melt down. These results have useful implications on the effects of unemployment on a nation‟s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and as well proffer solution to the GDP through entrepreneurship development in Nigeria and elsewhere in the world.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Miss Ann Orjime |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jun 2020 16:28 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jun 2020 16:28 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/410 |
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