ENTREPRENEURSHIP AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR EFFECTIVE VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING IN NIGERIA

yakubu abdullah yerima

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This paper stresses the importance of entrepreneurship education towards effective vocational and technical education training in Nigeria. The major problems facing the country include the high rate of poverty and youths/graduates unemployment among others. So many graduates roam the streets jobless, sometimes going into criminal activities such as; drug abuse, child trafficking, kidnapping, political thuggery, cultism, etc. This paper therefore argues that entrepreneurship education will equip the students with the skills with which to be self-reliant. The objectives and strategies for re-designing entrepreneurship education are also discussed. The paper recommended among other things that entrepreneurship education should be made compulsory at all levels of our educational system so that students at all levels will be encouraged to cultivate the entrepreneurial culture from earlier stage of their life. It is also recommended that the government should give adequate attention to entrepreneurial development in the country through the provision of adequate and relevant materials and equipment for effective implementation of entrepreneurship education curriculum.

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