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| Budget Constraints and Implementation of Entrepreneurship Education Programme in Tertiary Institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. |
Amoramo, John Davis, Ekpe, Osim James, Ekpo, Asuquo Bassey
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Abstract:
The researcher was motivated to find out the influence of budget constraints on implementation of entrepreneurship education programme in tertiary institutions in Cross River State, Nigeria. The study adopted the ex-post-facto design. Population of the study was 26,392 academic staff of University of Calabar, Calabar; Cross River University of Technology, Calabar; Collage of Health Technology, Calabar; Cross River State College of Education, Akamkpa; Institute of Technology & Management, Ugep; and Federal College of Education, Obudu and 500 academic staff were drawn as sample with the aid of Taro Yamene (1967) formular, proportionate and simple random techniques in all the institutions. Two research hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The instrument for the study was "Budget Constraints and Implementation of Entrepreneurship Education Programme Questionnaire (BCIEEPQ)" designed in a-4 point modified Likert scale with 22 items. The instrument was validated by three experts: one from the Department of Educational Management, and two from Department of Educational Foundations of university of Calabar, Calabar and a reliability coefficient of .72 to .92 was obtained with the use of Cronbach Alpha Reliability Estimates. Simple Linear Regression was used to analyze the data at .05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that implementation of entrepreneurship education programme is significantly influence by virement (p = .000; F = 39.628) and bureaucratic bottlenecks (p = .002; F = 2.515). Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that tertiary institution's budget should be strictly put into practice by the relevant authorities in order to ensure the implementation of entrepreneurship education programme.
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