Promoting youth entrepreneurship in Lagos, Nigeria - SNHU ...

Moreover, while the majority of the students see the benefit of enterprise education forentrepreneurial activity in the form of new venture creation, the study gives evidence of anappreciation of the significance of enterprise education for in promoting youth Entrepreneurship.3.8.1 Youth perception of Entrepreneurship:Youth perception of entrepreneurshipRisky ventureHighly respectable careerMost are discouraged by socialand cultural environmentMost youth lack awarenessand skillsFigure 23: Youth perception of EntrepreneurshipEqual number of youth (40% of the respondents) responded that entrepreneurship is either a riskyventure or being a respectable career. And the rest 10% said that youth lack awareness or beingdiscouraged by social and cultural environment.3.8.2 Influence of Education on entrepreneurial career:# Answer Response %123strongly supported my entrepreneurialcareerinfluenced my entrepreneurial careerpositivelyhad a negative influence on myentrepreneurial career8 40%11 55%6 30%4 impeded my entrepreneurial career 5 25%had no influence on my5entrepreneurial careerFigure 24: Influence of Education on Entrepreneurial Career3 15%On what influences their decision on entrepreneurship, 55 % of the respondents agreed to the factthat their education played a key role in shaping their mind positively, while 30% agreed with thefact that it as negative influence on them. 25% said it impeded the entrepreneurial career and 15%said it doesn‘t have any influence.49