Entrepreneurship education as a predictor of economic development of undergraduate students of Islamic studies

This study examined the entrepreneurship education as predictor of economic development of undergraduate students of Islamic Studies. The research design employed in this study was correlational research design. The population of this study was all undergraduate students of Islamic Studies from all universities in Nigeria, while target population was undergraduate students of Islamic Studies from all universities from North Central Geo-political Zone. The instrument used in this study was researcher self-developed questionnaire titled “entrepreneurship education and undergraduate students’ economic development”. The validity and reliability of the instrument were properly carried out by the experts and reliability index of 0.83 was recorded. Percentage was the descriptive statistical tool used to describe the demographic distribution of the respondents while Point-Biseria Correlation was used to test all hypotheses formulated in the study. The finding of this study showed that the percentage of female undergraduate students of Islamic Studies engaging in entrepreneurship was higher than the percentage of male undergraduate students of Islamic Studies in North Central Geo-political Zone. Also the finding of this study demonstrated that entrepreneurship education did not significantly predict undergraduate students Islamic Studies’ economic development. It is therefore concluded in the study that that entrepreneurship education does not predict economic development of undergraduate students of Islamic Studies. It is recommended in the study that Undergraduate students of Islamic Studies in North Central Geo-political Zone should endeavour to harness the knowledge acquired to improve their economic standard.