MENTORING APPROACHES AND BUSINESS EDUCATION STUDENTS’ SELF RELIANCE IN UNIVERSITIES IN SOUTH-SOUTH NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was carried out to examine the influence of mentoring approaches on Business education students’ self-reliance in Federal government owned universities in south-south Nigeria. This study adopted the survey design and the correlational design. The population of this study consisted of 389 Undergraduate Final Year Students in Federal government owned universities in South-South. The sample size for this study was established with the use of the Taro Yamane (1967) statistical formula which sums up to 197 students. Pearson product moment correlation  was used to test the hypotheses at a significant level of 0.05. The study revealed that there is a significant relationship between value-based education and business education students’ self-reliance in Federal government owned universities in south-south Nigeria with self-efficacy moderating the relationship, The study also revealed that there is a significant relationship between mentoring and measures of business education students’ self-reliance. The study concluded that value-based education is imperative and essential for business education students’ self-reliance. In respect to the findings and conclusion of this study, the following recommendations were made; Management of Federal government owned universities in south-south Nigeria should ensure that appropriate and adequate mentorship programmes are organised for students in order to enhance business education students’ self-reliance.