STIMULATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

The unprecedented increase in the number of unemployed graduates from tertiary institutions in Nigeria is alarming and calls for concern. Entrepreneurship is regarded as a veritable tool necessary to address this socio-economic problem. Entrepreneurship in education seeks to provide students with the knowledge, skills and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial success in a variety of settings. This paper examines the emergence of entrepreneurship and attempts to transfer the learning public sector entrepreneurship into an education context. This paper is a theoretical discourse and utilizes basically secondary data. The paper found that entrepreneurship is a learnable process that can be taught, nurtured, supported and enhanced through education and training. It concluded that entrepreneurship is worthy of study by students of all disciplines and managers of educational institutions. The paper recommended, among others, the need to motivate and inspire educational institutions in Nigeria to plan and establish training in entrepreneurship.