• Buhari Ahmadu
• Umar
• Y. Baraya
• Aisha Abubakar Bayola

This study examined the influence of entrepreneurship education on business performance of Business Education graduates in Federal Colleges of Education in North-East Nigeria, focusing on revenue growth as key performance indicator. Guided by one research question and onenull hypothesis, the study adopted a descriptive survey research design. A structured questionnaire validated by three experts from department of vocational education, ModibboAdama University Yola was administered to 201 Business Education graduates (Entrepreneurs), out of which all the 201 responses were retrieved and analyzed, representing 100% response rate. Descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) were used to answer the research questions, while simple linear regression tested the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings revealed that entrepreneurship education had a moderate positive influence on revenue growth of Business Education graduate, with grand mean scores of 3.39 for revenue growth, 3.40 for profitability, 3.34 for competitiveness, and 3.39 for job creation. However, regression analysis showed that entrepreneurship education did not have statistically significant influences on revenue growth (R² = 0.004, B = 0.058, p > 0.05), profitability (R² = 0.004, B = 0.056, p > 0.05), or job creation (R² = 0.004, B = 0.059, p > 0.05). In contrast, a weak but statistically significant influence was found on competitiveness (R² = 0.020, B = 0.133, p = 0.012), indicating that entrepreneurship education contributed to graduates’ ability to strategically position their businesses and respond to market dynamics. The study concludes that while entrepreneurship education equips graduates with foundational business knowledge and skills, its direct impact on revenue growth, and profitability is limited without complementary interventions such as access to finance, mentorship, technology adoption, and supportive business environments. It is recommended that:policymakers, development partners, and Business Education graduates collaborate to integrate financial support programs, incubation centers, capacity-building initiatives, and innovative technologies with entrepreneurship education to achieve measurable improvements in business performance.

Entrepreneurship Education, Business performance, Business Education, Graduate

"INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON BUSINESSPERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATE OF FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH EAST, NIGERIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 3, page no.c502-c513, March-2026, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2603265.pdf

"INFLUENCE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ON BUSINESSPERFORMANCE OF BUSINESS EDUCATION GRADUATE OF FEDERAL COLLEGES OF EDUCATION IN NORTH EAST, NIGERIA", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.13, Issue 3, page no. ppc502-c513, March-2026, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2603265.pdf