APTITUDE OF GOMAL UNIVERSITY STUDENT TOWARD SELF-EMPLOYMENT

The problem under study was to investigate the aptitude of Gomal university students towards the self-employment. The study also tries to see the difference between the aptitude of male and female students. Due to lack of resources and un-employment in the country the development of self-employment culture is necessary at the university level. The research hypothesis that Students of Gomal University have -ve aptitude towards the self-employment and there is no significant difference between the aptitude of the Male and Female students toward the self-employment were tested. The sample of the study consists of 180 (male and female) students selected from 18 departments of Gomal University Dera Ismail Khan. The 10 students (5 Male and 5 Female) from each department/institute were selected on random basis. A questionnaire measuring aptitude towards self-employment was used for data collection. The Mean, Standard Deviation, and t-statistic were used for analysis of data. The result shows that the aptitude of the university students is positive and there is no significant difference between the aptitude of male and female.