Strategies for Effective Management of Entrepreneurship Education in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions for Poverty Eradication and National Development
Journal Title: IOSR journal of Business and Management - Year 2018, Vol 20, Issue 6
Abstract
The National University Commission has made the study of entrepreneurship compulsory in our tertiary institutions, irrespective of the course being offered by our students. Among other benefits of entrepreneurship education are understanding steps essential in business start-up, enhancing awareness of career and entrepreneurial option, idea generation and assessment of feasibility of ideas, understanding basic financial concepts to mention a few. It has been observed however that despite all efforts made by government and tertiary education regulatory bodies to ensure effective running of entrepreneurship programmes, there still exist so many missing links as a result of poor management by the school regulatory authorities. These missing links affect the outcome of the programme in Nigerian Higher education institutions. For these, this study was designed to investigate Strategies for Effective Management of Entrepreneurship Education in Nigerian Tertiary Schools for Poverty Eradication and National development. The study was a descriptive survey guided by three research questions. The study population comprised of all the 400 level students and lecturers in faculty of education in the three tertiary institutions in Rivers State of Nigeria. A sample of 300 students and 20 lecturers was used for the study. Questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents; data was analyzed using mean and standard deviation. Findings among others revealed that the strategies for effective management of entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions for poverty eradication and national development includes, employment of qualified teachers, technicians’ and craftsmen, provision of laboratories, workshops and studios. Provision of funds and loans, Monitoring of the programme, exposure to business entrepreneurs and emphasis on practical works. Based on the findings, it was recommended that, Government should employ well trained entrepreneurs to handle entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions.
Authors and Affiliations
Catherine U. Osuji Ph. D, Amie- Ogan O. T
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