Entrepreneurial Educators Efficacy and Tertiary Graduates' Career Trajectories for Poverty Eradication in Lagos State, Nigeria

Abstract

Entrepreneurial education in tertiary institutions is intended to nurture entrepreneurs, thereby plummeting unemployment and poverty. However, graduates often sideline entrepreneurial pathways, worsening unemployment contrary to educators' expectations. Therefore, this study investigates how Entrepreneurial Educator Efficacy transforms graduates' career trajectories. It uses a sample of 123 tertiary institutions’ learners, drawn from a survey research design, to identify the underlying ideology that led graduates to abandon entrepreneurship despite high joblessness. Descriptive statistics and Linear regression r statistical analysis were utilised for this study. Findings show that respondents are more females than males at 52.8%;. The overall regression model was statistically significant, with a multiple correlation coefficient of R =.46, accounting for 22% of the variance in the outcome variable . The intercept was statistically significant, . Further analysis shows that, TEC was a significant predictor of LCR. at However, TEW was not a significant predictor of LCR that is,  The two predictors explained 22% of the variance with . The results indicate that without adequate teacher’s welfare, learners’ creativity ability would be minimal suggesting worsening poverty. Therefore, this study recommends that learners and teachers be encouraged, through improved teachers' welfare, to promote learners’creativity in tertiary institutions to minimise unemployment and poverty.