Social qualities as predictors of women’s enrolment for Entrepreneurial Development Training programme of Ondo State, Nigeria

The study was carried out on social qualities as predictors of women’s enrolment for entrepreneurial development training programme of Ondo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study was One hundred and eighty (180) respondents, selected through a snowballing sampling technique. The respondents were selected across Ondo State, Nigeria. A self-developed research instrument by the researchers titled, “Rating scale on social qualities as predictors of women’s empowerment for entrepreneurial development training programme of Ondo State, Nigeria’’. It was fashioned on four liker rating scale of strongly agree (SA) agreed (A), disagreed (D) and strongly disagreed (SD). It was complemented by Focus Group Discussions (FGDS), which was used to collect qualitative data. The research instruments were validated by an expert in test and measurement, while its reliability was determined through test-retest method. 0.64 coefficient reliability was obtained. Two research questions were raised to guide the conduct of the study. Descriptive statistics (frequency counts, simple percentages and mean) was used to analyse the data collected. Based on the findings of the study, conclusions were made that women’s enrolment for EDTP programme of Ondo State, Nigeria was determined by the desire for human dignity and social economic security. Based on the conclusion recommendations were therefore, made that; there should be aggressive drive and effort by Ondo State Government in Nigeria to sensitive women through media (print and electronics on the values and benefits of the programme (EDTP) to women’s economic growth development. Also, EDTP should be more women’s focus, and so on.