NEED FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION FOR ACHIEVING VISION 2030 IN NIGERIA B

Udu Chikwuo Sussan
Publisher: JOTERD {"id":5,"volume_name":"Vol 5 Number 1","created_at":null,"updated_at":null,"url":"volumes\/5.jpg"} (1): 1: doi: 1 Published in 2017

Nigeria is endowed with wide human and economic potentials, but every effort aimed at moving towards attainment of rightful position on functional educational perspectives that would eventually lead to the desired growth economically and technologically still remain a mirage. To bridge this gap, the federal government has articulated a twenty years (2010-2030) development plan tagged “vision 2030” overtime, there was a belief that, the education sector with particular focus on vocational and technical education would solve the problem. However, in the current state of affairs in Nigeria with its problem of unemployment especially among the youths has made self-reliance to become imperative. This paper suggested that, the inclusion of entrepreneurship in vocational and Technical Education into the curriculum will play an important role in national development. The paper recommends among others that, adequate funding of entrepreneurship education is very vital. Keywords: Economic Potentials, Educational Perspectives, Entrepreneurship Education, Entrepreneurship

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