PERCEIVED TEACHER FACTORS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS IN HEALH EDUCATION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF ONUEKE EDUCATION ZONE OF EBONYI STATE

Abstract

The paper is a descriptive survey research which sought to find out  health education teacher factors on the development of entrepreneurial skills in secondary education. The study was carried out in Onueke Education Zone (OEZ) of Ebonyi State. The population consisted of seventy six (76) Health Education teachers in seventy public and private secondary schools in OEZ 51 public and 25 private Health Education teachers formed the sample. Stratified random sampling due to location and simple random sampling were used to select the sample. Four research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a 33 item questionnaire developed by the researcher. Data collected were analyzed using means and t-test statistics at p < 0.05. Results showed among others that Health Education teachers in the area lack competences to develop and teach entrepreneurial skills. Moreover, there are inadequate materials for active learning and practical activities. Based on the findings,  recommendations were made among which is that industrial training should be part of the health  education curricula to prepare teachers for more practical skills.