Entrepreneurship Education in Nigeria: Challenges and Ways Forward

Authors

  • Salihu Saleh Department of Mathematics, College of Education Waka-Biu, Borno State, Nigeria
  • Audu Yusuf Department of Mathematics College of Education Waka-Biu, Borno State, Nigeria
  • Ibrahim Musa Bwala Department of Mathematics, College of Education Waka-Biu, Borno State, Nigeria
  • Mohammed Fori Department of Mathematics, College of Education Waka-Biu, Borno State, Nigeria

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/nnbma.v6i11.928

Keywords:

Education, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship education, challenges, ways forward

Abstract

The rapid increase in population growth of graduates in our schools had resulted into unemployment of tertiary institution graduates. This is because the government and private sector cannot have enough jobs to accommodate them. Consequently,   entrepreneurship education was introduced in our tertiary institutions of learning to address this issue. Entrepreneurship education is the acquisition of skills, ability, competence which equip the recipients with initiative, creativity, risk taking ability, enthusiasm, independence, and vision for business venture. Graduates equip with knowledge and skills of entrepreneurship education would be aware of the existing businesses and think of it as alternative. Despite the advantages of the entrepreneurship education, it is faced with some challenges. These challenges among others are unavailable fund for teachings in practical terms for entrepreneurial education and start up and expansion of  business ventures, inadequate facilities or equipments, and poor enabling environment for business. Finally, ways forward were suggested to address these challenges.

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Published

30-11-2020

How to Cite

Saleh, S., Yusuf, A., Ibrahim Musa Bwala, & Mohammed Fori. (2020). Entrepreneurship Education in Nigeria: Challenges and Ways Forward. Journal of Advance Research in Business, Management and Accounting (ISSN: 2456-3544), 6(11), 01-05. https://doi.org/10.53555/nnbma.v6i11.928

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