International Journal of General Studies Education (JOGSE) is a publication from the School of General Studies Education, Federal College of Education (Special), Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria.
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THE IMPACT OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ON SMALL SCALE ENTERPRISES GROWTH: EVIDENCE FROM AFIJIO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
This study investigated the impact of Cooperative Education on Small Scale Enterprises Growth: evidence from Afijio Local Government Area, Oyo State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. It focused on ten (10) operators of small scale enterprises Data was collected using questionnaires. The questionnaire was given to experts for attestation so as to ensure that the items in the questionnaires were relevant to the subject matter put into consideration content validity, construct validity, predictive validity and concurrent validity. The data were analysed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and analysis of variance (ANOVA). The findings revealed that there is statistically significant relationship between cooperative education and small scale enterprises’ growth and there is significant impact of cooperative education on small scale enterprises in the study area. Based on the findings, it was recommended that proper training should be encouraged among small scale enterprises operators for better performance.