Entrepreneurship skills training and employment among the youth in mukono municipality, Uganda

Abstract

This study focused on assessing Entrepreneurship skills training and employment among the youth in Mukono municipality, Uganda. The study was guided by the following study objectives namely; assessing the influence of business creativity skills towards the reduction of unemployment levels among the youth in Mukono municipality, exploring contribution of business leadership skills towards the reduction of unemployment levels among the youth in Mukono Municipality and establishing the influence of financial management skills towards the reduction of employment levels among the youth in Mukono Municipality. The study was guided by a cross sectional case study research design conducted from a sample of 156 youth randomly selected from a population of 300 youth who received entrepreneurship skills training between 2012 and 2013 from Mukono Municipal council. The study found out that entrepreneurial creativity skills influence reduction in levels of youth unemployment. More still, the study found out that business leadership skills training reduces unemployment among the youths. Furthermore, the study found out that financial management skills have a positive impact on reduction of youth unemployment. The following recommendations were therefore made; there is need to promote creativity skills training, leadership skills training and financial management skills training in order to lower the levels of youth unemployment in Uganda.