Entrepreneurship Education and PovertyudAlleviation: Impact Analysis of CovenantudUniversity Graduate between 2006- 2013

摘要

Entrepreneurship is central to the economicudgrowth and development of any nation and empiricaludevidence has shown that economic growth over time isudnecessary for poverty reduction. Entrepreneurshipudeducation is the process that provides trainees withudknowledge, skills and attitudes to create wealth for povertyudreduction and self-employment. Covenant University fromudinception has played tremendous role in promotingudentrepreneurship education in Nigerian education system.udThis paper therefore intends to examine the impact ofudEntrepreneurship Education in alleviating poverty amongudthe graduates of Covenant University. The population of theudstudy comprise of all graduates of Covenant Universityudbetween 2006-2013. Regression analysis was used toudvalidate the hypotheses raised in the study. The theoreticaludand managerial implications of the results were discussed.udBased on the findings of this study, conclusion andudrecommendations were made for implication.