COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON PUBLIC, PRIVATE AND PUBLIC-MISSION SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS’ COLLABORATION WITH INFORMAL ARTISANSHIP INDUSTRIES IN IMPLEMENTATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION POLICY IN ANAMBRA STATE

Abstract

This study was on comparative analysis of public, private and public-mission secondary school principals’ collaboration with informal artisanship industries in implementation of entrepreneurship education policy in Anambra state. One research question guided the study and one hypothesis formulated for the study. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design of comparative type. Population of the study was made up of all the 1,052 principals of State government-owned public, public-mission owned and private-owned secondary schools in Anambra State. The sample constituted 736 principals of the public, public-mission and private secondary schools using proportionate stratified sampling technique. An 8-item questionnaire, titled “Principals’ Collaboration with Informal Artisan Industries in Implementation of Entrepreneurship Education Policy Questionnaire (PCIAIIEEPQ)” was used to gather data. The instrument was validated by three experts and reliability of the instrument determined through a trial test on fifteen principals in Enugu State. Information retrieved from the public, private and public-mission secondary schools were collated using Cronbach Alpha statistics which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.79, which showed the instrument was reliable and appropriate for the study. Data were collected by the researcher with the help of three research assistants using hand-delivery and face to face contact, and were analyzed using mean scores and standard deviation statistics for answering the research question; while hypothesis tested using ANOVA statistics at 0.05 alpha level of significance. Findings indicated that the extent of collaboration of principals with informal artisanship industries in providing training opportunities for students towards the implementation of entrepreneurship education policy in Anambra State, were all to a low extent. There was no statistically significant difference in the mean ratings of principals from public, private and public-mission secondary schools regarding the extent of their collaboration with the informal artisanship industries in providing training opportunities for students towards the implementation of the entrepreneurship education policy in Anambra State. Based on the findings, recommendation was made that: Anambra State Government through the State Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the Post Primary Schools Services Commission should develop a formal framework for sustained partnerships and strong collaborations between secondary schools and informal artisanship industries to a high extent in order to enable students to receive practical, hands-on entrepreneurial training to complement classroom learning for effective implementation of entrepreneurship education policy in the State.