Assessment of Students’ Interest Related Factors in Entrepreneurship Programme in Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai

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@article{1714431,
      author = {Zonnari Danasabe},
      title = {Assessment of Students’ Interest Related Factors in Entrepreneurship Programme in Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai},
      journal = {Iconic Research And Engineering Journals},
      year = {2026},
      volume = {9},
      number = {8},
      pages = {1144-1156},
      issn = {2456-8880},
      url = {https://www.irejournals.com/formatedpaper/1714431.pdf},
      abstract = {The study assessed students’ interest related factors in entrepreneurship programme in Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai. Four specific purposes and research questions guided the study. Descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The Population of the study comprised 2552 (male and female) Diploma II students of the Taraba State Polytechnic 2024/2025 academic session. The sample size of the study comprised three hundred and forty-six (346) Diploma II students of the Taraba State Polytechnic. This was determined using Taro Yamane’s formula. Researcher’s designed four scale rating instrument title: Students Interest Rating Scale on Vocational Entrepreneurship Programmes (SIRSVEP) was used in the collection of data.The instrument was tested for reliability using Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient. Results obtained were as follows: cluster 1 (0.88); cluster 2 (0.82); cluster 3 (0.85) and cluster 4 (0.89). However, the overall reliability coefficient was 0.93.Data collected was analysed using mean and standard deviation to answer the four research questions that guided the study. Results indicated that interest related factors including curiosity, motivation, personal and emotional involvement are essential in entrepreneurship programme in Taraba State Polytechnic, Suntai. It was recommended among others that entrepreneurship educators should prioritize creating interactive, experiential learning experiences that sparks curiosity, motivation, personal and emotional involvement of the students in entrepreneurship.},
      month = {February},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.64388/IREV9I8-1714431}
  }