Rachel Uchenna Onwadi

DOI: 10.26480/ess.01.2024.31.37

ABSTRACT
This paper seeks to examine the instructional delivery process of entrepreneur education curriculum in senior secondary schools in Abuja, Nigeria, to achieve this purpose, the study utilized a descriptive research design. The experimental method was adopted in the study. The population of this study comprised of 135 entrepreneur teachers and 122 managements staff. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire titled “Instructional Delivery of Entrepreneur Education Questionnaire” (IDEEQ) which comprised of 22 items. The stratified and simple random sampling technique was used in the selection of the schools and management. The reliability index of 0.84 was established using Cronbach Alpha reliability technique. The data generated were analyzed using simple percentage, mean score, two-independence sample t-test. The findings showed among others that: a variety of entrepreneur education programmes are available in secondary schools in Abuja, Nigeria; teachers’ competence for the instructional delivery of entrepreneurship education curriculum in urban and rural secondary schools was to a high level and the instructional methods employed by teachers for the instructional delivery of the entrepreneurship education curriculum in secondary schools in FCT was inadequate. It was recommended that more entrepreneur education programmes should be encouraged and added in the secondary school curriculum, teachers are encouraged to continue to acquire and improve on the necessary competence for effective instructional delivery of entrepreneur education curriculum in secondary schools and entrepreneur education teachers should endeavor to be learner-centered when teaching and use learner centered strategies in teaching and learning, so that students can take active participation in the teaching learning process.

KEYWORDS
Teachers, preparedness, implementation, entrepreneur education, curriculum.