IMPACT OF DIGITAL SKILLS ACQUISITION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON EMPLOYABILITY OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL CHILDREN IN BWARI AREA COUNCIL, FCT, ABUJA, NIGERIA
Abstract
This paper examines the impact of digital skills acquisition and
entrepreneurship education on employability of out-of-school children in Bwari
Area Council, FCT Abuja. The study had two objectives, two research questions
and two hypotheses. Survey research design was adopted for this study. The
population of the study comprised 50 randomly selected young men and
women, comprising of digital tradesmen/women in Bwari Area Council, FCT
Abuja. A set of carefully self-structured questionnaires of 10 items derived from
the research questions was developed on a four-point rating scale of Strongly
Agree (SA); Agree (A); Disagree (D) and Strongly Disagree (SD) to elicit opinions
from the respondents. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the
research questions while chi-square statistics was used to test null hypotheses 1
and 2 and were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analyses
revealed that digital skills acquisition had significant impact on employability of
out-of-school children in Bwari Area Council, FCT Abuja as well as
entrepreneurship education had positive influence on employability of out-ofschool children in Bwari Area Council, FCT Abuja. It was thus recommended
among others that government authorities and stakeholders should emphasize
more on the establishment of vocational training centers and sponsorship of
out-of-school children to promote the acquisition of relevant skills that
empower employability in Bwari Area Council, FCT Abuja.
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