VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL CLUBS AND SOCIETIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN BENUE STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

The study on Vocational and Technical Clubs and Societies in Secondary Schools for Entrepreneurship Development in Benue State was born out of the quest to sensitize the younger generation on the values, potentials and benefits derivable in extra-curricular activities especially in these days of unemployment. The study was carried out in the three (3) Educational Zones of Benue State. The survey design was adopted and a self-structured questionnaire was used to generate data used in answering the five (5) research questions that emanated from the five (5) objectives of the study. Three (3) hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The study had a population of thirty (30) secondary schools. One hundred and twelve (112) Teacher-Guides and five hundred and forty six (546) student-members. The purposive sampling technique was used to arrive at the fifteen (15) secondary schools, while cluster sampling technique was used to arrive at the eighty six (86) Teacher-Guides and two hundred and twenty six (226) student-members used for the study. Results among others revealed that young farmers club; JETs clubs are some of the vocational and technical clubs and societies in secondary schools in Benue State. It was recommended among others that Entrepreneurship Development should be the focal issue in these vocational and technical clubs and societies since employment opportunities and self-reliance are achievable in them though TVET.