Volume 13, Issue 2A and 2B, 2025

Assessment of Business Track Opportunities in Physical and Health Education

Taiwo, A.B, Adande, A.D, Apalara, F.A & Okuneye, R.O

Abstract

The study examined the awareness level and interest of students in emerging
business track opportunities in Physical and Health Education. The population
of the study include all undergraduates in the Department of Human Kinetics,
Sports and Health Education, Lagos State University during the 2022/2023
academic session. Of the population, 230 students were selected using a
stratified random sampling technique to select an equal number of male and
female students that formed the sample size. Validated Emerging Business
Track Opportunities in the PHE Questionnaire with a reliability coefficient of
0.76 was used to collect data from the respondents. Data collected were
subjected to statistical analyses of frequency count, simple percentage, chi
square and multiple regression at 0.05 level of significance. Result reveals that
there is low level of awareness and high interest in emerging business track
opportunities in PHE. Also, gender (t=-0.345; p=0.039), awareness of
emerging business tracks in PHE (t=4.992; p=0.001) and background with
family business (t=2.514; p=0.013) significantly predict students’ interest in
emerging business tracks opportunities in PHE. And the source of information
about business track opportunities is through social media and lecture room. It
is recommended that students should be exposed to emerging business track
opportunities in PHE through entrepreneurship studies taught as a
Departmental course. Also, government, corporate organisations and private
individuals should support youth entrepreneurs by providing grants, loans,
training and mentorship to encourage and develop students' interest in business
opportunities.

Keywords

Emerging Business Track Opportunities, Physical and Health Education, Awareness Level, Interest, Gender

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