PRACTICAL SKILLS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL INTENTION AMONG PHYSICS GRADUATING STUDENTS’ OF UNIVERSITY OF ILORIN

Abstract

This study investigated the practical skills and entrepreneurial intention 
among physics graduating students of University of Ilorin. In this study, the 
level of practical skills acquired by physics students and their entrepreneurial
intentions were examined. This study was a descriptive survey type. The 
population of this study comprised all students from Faculty of Education
offering physics in the University of Ilorin, Nigeria. Fifty (50) graduating 
physics education students were sampled using a simple random sampling 
technique. A researcher’s designed questionnaire with the reliability 
coefficient of 0.76 was used for data collection while the data collected were 
analysed with the use of percentage and chi-square at 0.05 level of 
significance. Findings of this study revealed that majority of graduating 
physics education students dispensed high level of practical skills and were of 
moderate level of entrepreneurial intention.It was therefore concluded that 
practical skills acquired by the students’ enhance their entrepreneurial 
intention.