IIARD International Institute of Academic Research and Development

WORLD JOURNAL OF ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (WJEDS )

E-ISSN 2579-0544
P-ISSN 2695-2483
VOL. 9 NO. 7 2024
DOI: 10.56201/wjeds.v9.no7.2024.pg61.69

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Curriculum For Training in Entrepreneurship Development and Soft Skills: Implication of Secondary School Fisheries for Fish Farmers in Anyigba

Victor Ojorka AKOR, PhD Chioma, ATUZIE

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Abstract

The study was on curriculum for training in entrepreneurship development and soft skills: Implication of secondary school fisheries for fish farmers in Anyigba. Descriptive survey design was adopted with two research questions which were answered with a population of 100 animal farmers in, Anyigba, Kogi State. A sample size of 80 fish farmers was drawn using random sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was a 23- item questionnaire measured on a modified 4-point likert scale and validated by three experts and it gave a reliability coefficient of 0.76 which was obtained using Cronbach Alpha method. The data collected were analyzed with mean and standard deviation. The findings showed that the male fish farmers need improvement in entrepreneurship skills development and to develop their soft skills more for better output while the female should keep up the high extent they have attained. It was then recommended that the male fish farmers should humble themselves and learn needed skills from their female counterpart, the female fish farmers should be willing to teach the skills they possess for fish farming to their male counterparts for better output to serve their locality, curriculum developers should seek more practical ways that would encourage individual differences among learners in order to carry everyone along etc.

keywords:

Curriculum, training, soft skills, entrepreneurship development Secondary

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