Abstract
The study focused on integrating vegetable production into entrepreneurship subjects for improving
TVET quality and instructional delivery in Nigeria. This is with a view to making entrepreneurship
subjects comprehensive, effective and increase job opportunities for youths. Five research questions
and hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted a survey research design. The population was
91, comprising of 21 Agricultural Education Lecturers and 70 Agricultural Extension Agents in Abia
State. The instrument for data collection was a 42 – item researcher developed questionnaire
structured on a 4-point scale. The instrument was face validated by three experts and tested for
reliability using Cronbach Alpha method. A coefficient of 0.81 was obtained. The 91 copies of the
questionnaire were administered on the respondents and all of them were retrieved. The data
collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation to answer the research questions while ttest
was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05level of significance. It was found out that 8
objectives, 9 contents, 8 methods of instruction, 14 instructional resources and 6 evaluation methods
were necessary for integrating vegetable production into entrepreneurship education subjects in
Nigeria. It was recommended amongst other things that, vegetable production should be included into
the existing entrepreneurship education subjects approved by the Federal Government of Nigeria for
senior secondary schools. If the proposed vegetable production is integrated, it could increase subject
options, reduce social ills and improve TVET quality and instructional delivery.
Keywords: Integrating, Vegetable, Production, Entrepreneurship, Subjects
Publication Date: 2018-12-06