Relationship Between Counselling and Entrepreneurship Development Skills of Nigerian Final Year Undergraduates

The study examined the availability of career counselling services among university students and its relationship to their acquisition of entrepreneurship skills to curb graduate unemployment. Three research questions and hypotheses guided the study in three universities in Nigeria. A sample of 400 final year students in each of the institution was used in the survey design. Relevant statistical tools t-Test and Correlation test were used to analyze the data. The correlation test results shows there is a strong positive relationship between career counselling and entrepreneurial development skills of final year undergraduates in Nigeria. The study recommends that guidance counselors be posted to well-equipped counselling centers in the universities to help with entrepreneurial development skills.