Moderating Role of Entrepreneurial Education on the Relationship between Entrepreneurial Orientation and Entrepreneurial Intention

The aim of this study is to examine the moderating role of entrepreneurial education: relationship between entrepreneurial orientation on entrepreneurial intention to start new venture. The study adopts questionnaire survey method and data was collected from 291 final year students of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi and Sa’adu Zungur University, Bauchi. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) software. The study findings show that there is no significant relationship between innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention, also there is negative relationship between proactiveness and entrepreneurial intention, and the study finding there is significant relationship between risk taking and entrepreneurial intention. Furthermore, entrepreneurial education moderate innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention, entrepreneurial education moderate proactiveness and entrepreneurial intention also entrepreneurial education moderate innovativeness and entrepreneurial intention the result suggests that