Abstract
The study investigated essential skills needed by the Business Education
graduates for effectiveness in entrepreneurship. Two research questions and two
null hypotheses guided the study. Population consists of 659 respondents.
Questionnaire was used for data collection. It was face-validated by five experts
and reliability test was analyzed with the use of cronbach alpha which yielded
coefficient of .91. Data were analyzed using mean, standard deviation, and t-test
at 0.05 significant levels. Findings reveal 12 essential skills for idea
generation/opportunity evaluation and business start-up including: skills to
cultivate, develop and analyze business idea; recognize and evaluate business
opportunities; create, evaluate business goals and attain the goals through self
ambitions, confidence and motivation. Others are 25 essential skills for
management of business for growth and sustainability which include: skills for
raising capital; creativity, business, among others. Recommendations include that:
Universities should integrate the identified skills into their curriculum for the
training and retraining of BEUS.