Dr. E. A. Amadi Ogwunte, P. C. (Ph.D.), Nwobike Aruchi. Department of Business Education Faculty of Education, rivers State University.
Abstract.
The study adopted the CIPP model of evaluation developed by Stuffilebean 1971. The population for the study comprised 1380 respondents made up of 1,276 student and 104 lecturers of entrepreneurship education degree programme of some selected tertiary institutions in Rivers State. A sample size of 437 respondents was randomly selected for the study. One research question and one null hypothesis guided the study. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire Titled ?(CCDIUEERS) with 7-item statements. The instrument was validated by three experts. The consistency and reliability of the instrument used was assured using the split-half method to determine the degree of reliability which yielded a correlation co-efficient of 0.81. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the research question, while z-test statistics was used to test the null hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed that the content of the curriculum design for implementing undergraduate entrepreneurship education programme of the selected tertiary institutions is adequate and meet the required minimum academics standard of the National University Commission. Based on the discussion of findings, its was recommended amongst others that tertiary institutions offering undergraduate entrepreneurship education degree programme should engage the services of experts in educational evaluation to constantly evaluate and ensure that all components of the programme meet the required minimum academics standard of the National University Commission.
Keywords: Curriculum, Curriculum Content, Evaluation, Entrepreneurship Education.
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