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FACTORS AFFECTING JOB CREATION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL LEAVERS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA
Abstract
This study is aimed at identifying challenges secondary school leavers in Delta State encounter in the process of creating jobs. It examined these challenges along three dimensions: the personal, educational system and government factors. The paper adopted a survey research, whereby copies of the questionnaire were administered to one hundred and sixty-six (166) secondary school graduate entrepreneurs in Ika local government area of Delta State. Since the population size could not be ascertained, the sample size was calculated by using Cochran’s sample estimation technique with unknown population. The data were analysed using regression and pearson matrix correlation techniques especially Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) estimation technique. The OLS analysis revealed that personal, education system and government factors have positive coefficients (0.340, 0.347 and 0.792 respectively) and a significant influence on success at job creation at 5% level of significance. As per the strength to which the independent variables affect the dependent variable, the beta coefficient results show that government factors (b3=0.0.792, p<0.05) has the most significant effect on ‘success at job creation’, followed by educational system (b2=0. 0.347, p<0.05). ‘Personal factors’ (b1= 0.340, p<0.05) have the lowest significant effect on the dependent variable. Specifically, poor funding of the entrepreneurial programmes by government and lack of stimulating learning experiences mar secondary school leavers’ entrepreneurial success. The study, therefore, recommends that government adopt a more pragmatic approach to entrepreneurship by building training centres that liaise with schools within a given area, providing instructional resources, funds, instituting monitoring agencies to alleviate the challenges faced by secondary school leavers. Further studies should however be carried out specifically on secondary school leavers in rural areas whose plight may be different and require more stringent measures.
Keywords: Nigeria, Delta State, Job Creation, Entrepreneurs, Secondary School Leavers