Entrepreneurial Competency Needs of Motor Vehicle Mechanic Students in Government Science Technical Colleges of Gombe State

Ahmad Lawan Jibrin, Bala Saidu, Aliyu Ibrahim Umar, Abubakar SAdiq Adamu, Abdullahi Idris Boris

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The purpose of the study was to investigate the entrepreneurial competency needs of motor vehicle mechanic students in Government Science Technical colleges of Gombe State. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design. The study was conducted in Gombe State, the population of the study was all the 18 MVMW teachers drawn from all the technical colleges of Gombe state. The study was guided by three research questions. The instrument used for the study was an adopted structured questionnaire. Mean and standard deviation were the statistical tools used for answering the research questions; it was found out that Entrepreneurial competencies are highly needed by Motor Vehicle Mechanic Students in Government Science and Technical Colleges of Gombe State. Thus, it was recommended among others that, Motor Vehicle Workshops in Technical should be updated with modern tool and equipment of MVMW technology and the curriculum should be reviewed to meet modern MVMW technology innovations to improve students’ competencies in the area of MVMW entrepreneurship.


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