USING STM, AND RESEARCH RESOURCES TO DEVELOP ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS FOR YOUTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT IN NIGERIA
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This paper highlighted on the use of STM and Research resources to develop entrepreneurship skills for youth and a sustainable environment. Entrepreneurship is a task with struggle providing insight for profit and risk in setting up enterprise for self-reliance job. The STM and Research resources have to do with human and material resources of STM and Research enhancing the development of the entrepreneurship skills needed by today’s youths for sustainable development with a view as source of employment. The sample of the study consisted of 820 STM and Research (STMR) human resources from 150 sampled secondary schools in Owerri Educational Zone. A four-point likert scale Questionnaire was developed as instrument for data collection, comprising sections. A-personal data, section B for STMR human resources and section C for STMR material resources. The results of the findings showed that the column average score of 3.50 STMR human resources are resourceful, hence they attended conferences, workshops and seminars and are high levels in qualification. Research is useful because the product has sufficient local content which must consider the interest of the scientists in the Diaspora as benefit of the training. They are also computer literate and can provide improvise teaching materials. The average score is 3.35 STMR material resources, are adequate, and available for the development of entrepreneurship skills for the youth and sustainable environment in Nigeria. Based on the findings appropriate recommendations were made for more resourceful situation.References
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