STUDENTS FIELD PERFORMANCE AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILL ACQUISITION LEVEL FOR SELF RELIANCE IN FISH FARMING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The study assessed students’ response level to field performance as indices for determining the development of entrepreneurial skill in pond fish farming for self-reliance. Two objectives, two research questions and two hypotheses directed the study. Completely randomized design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised of intact class 36 sampled of 300 level students of Agricultural Education. The study was conducted at Agricultural Education fish farm unit, University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. A 12-field performance task structured instrument with a five point rating options was used for data collection. The instrument was subjected to content validation by five validates from the Department of Agriculture Education and Fisheries from the University of Uyo. Cronbach Alpha was used to determine the reliability of the instrument and a correlation index of .810 was obtained. Mean  was used in answering research questions, while t-test was used in testing hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The finding revealed that there is no significant difference in the mean rating of lecturers/technologists in students’ level of field performance task in fish feeding, fish sorting and development of entrepreneurial skill in pond fish farming technology for self-reliance.