Entrepreneurial competencies refer to a set of capacities, features and understanding that enable an individual to successfully discover opportunities. Considering the prevailing rate of unemployment amongst the graduates which led to increased poverty and serious social problems, the study was conducted to determine the entrepreneurial competencies needed by students of electrical/electronics technology education for self-employment and economic development. The study adopted descriptive survey design and conducted in Ebonyi state. The population for the study was 200. The entire population was studied due to the small size of the population. The instrument for data collection was structured questionnaire validated by experts from Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The reliability of the instrument was determined using cronbach alpha reliability coefficient. Data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation for the research questions, while t-test was used to test the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study showed that Information and Communication Technology skills, financial skills and managerial skills are among the entrepreneurial competencies needed by students of electrical/electronics technology education for self-employment and economic development. The educational implication of the finding is that the students should be able to have good knowledge of information and communication technology skills, possess high financial and managerial skills. The study therefore recommended that government should make frantic efforts to enhance Information Communication Technology skills, financial skills and managerial skills acquisition among the students for improved performance in their world of work and contribute their quota in economic development.

Keywords: Entrepreneurial competencies, managers and supervisors, technology and vocational education, self-employment, economic development.