Abstract:
It has always been the interest of our government to promote entrepreneurship and new
venture in business as a means to enhance economic growth for the nation and creating jobs
to help to solve the problem of unemployment. The objective of this study is to examine the
entrepreneurial intentions of Technical and Vocational students and determining factors for
entrepreneurial intentions at Jimma poly technical college in the Jimma town. The sample
size for the study was 136 comprising of 101(74.30%) males and 35(25.70%) females. In the
study, quantitative research method was used. Primary data was obtained using
questionnaires and Secondary data was collected from books, journals, past research works,
official documents and the internet. Random sampling was used to select proportional
number of samples from the study area. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20 software
and frequency, percentages, regression and correlation were done. 16 to 20 age groups were
the majority of age groups attended on the study. 47.1% of the participants were from
business background and has positive correlation with entrepreneurial intentions. Gender
was negatively correlated with the dependent variable. Analysis was made using linear
regression in that R square indicates independents variables varied from dependent by 0.173.
There is a significant association between governmental policies towards entrepreneurial
intention that has positive correlation with training. Age, Risk taking, governmental support
or police and access to finance, was positively correlated with entrepreneurial intention
except gender. Family business background, Locus of control, Needs of achievements and
Training were the influencing variables of the entrepreneurial intention. It is better for Jimma
town youth administrator to give training for the youths
