Abstract
The study investigated the influence of entrepreneurship education on reducing insecurity in Bwari Area Council, FCT-Abuja. Two research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. A descriptive survey research strategy was used for the study’s methodology. The sample was made up of 300 respondents who were chosen from two insecure parts of the Council. The purposive sampling technique was used to select the respondents (entrepreneurs). The sampling technique was adopted because of the sensitivity of the study. A 15-item four-point rating scale instrument titled “Influence of Entrepreneurship Education on Reducing Insecurity Questionnaire” (IEERIQ) was used by the researcher. One expert in Tests and Measurement, one expert in Guidance and Counselling and one expect in Business Education in the Faculty of Education, Veritas University Abuja modified and updated the instrument to assure its validity. Test re-test reliability was done to ensure the consistency of the instrument using Cronbach’s Alpha, which yielded a reliability coefficient of 0.76 which was high enough to the instrument’s reliability. The collected data were analyzed using mean to answer the research questions while t-test was used to test the null hypothesis at 0.05 level of significance. The results indicated entrepreneurship education had a positive influence on reducing insecurity in Bwari Area Council, FCT-Abuja. It was recommended that Entrepreneurship Educators should embark on entrepreneurship awareness and training in order to promote self-reliance among residents which would invariably lead to embodiment of peace and tranquility.
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