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Abstract

This study seeks to examine the influence of entrepreneurship education on youth employment in Juba City with the aim to establish the relationship between the entrepreneurship education and youth employment in Juba City. The study adopted a quantitative research approach using a descriptive survey design. A simple random sampling technique was used to determine a sample size of 357 using a Sloven’s formula from a target population of youths who underwent entrepreneurship education. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 292 respondents (81.8% respond rate, 19.2% were unreturned and badly filled) and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. to determine the correlation between the variables. The result indicated no significant relationship between entrepreneurship education and youth employment generation in Juba City. It is therefore, recommended that policy makers and educators to use multidimensional approaches to address youth unemployment problems in Juba City.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship Education, Youth Employment, Unemployment.