ACHIEVING EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS THROUGH INCORPORATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION INTO NIGERIA TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS CURRICULUM: (A STUDY OF ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATES)

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The study examines how entrepreneurship education enhances employability skills among graduates in Nigeria. The design for the study was a descriptive survey. Four research questions guided this study. The population for the study comprises of 28, 000 students and 7,000 Senior Lecturers totaling 35,000 respondents. A simple and proportionate stratified random sampling technique was employed in drawing 10% of the sample size. The sample size comprises of 200 students and 15 Senior Lecturers from Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Agbani, Enugu. 28 itemed questionnaires was structured and validated for this study. Mean scores were used to answer the research questions. The results showed that incorporating entrepreneurship education into tertiary institution curriculum will minimize unemployment among graduates in Enugu State among others. Through entrepreneurial education, graduates of Enugu State University will learn how to acquire employable skills which will help them in establishing themselves and equally create jobs for others. Recommendations were made hated on the findings which among others were that entrepreneurship education should be injected into Nigeria tertiary institutions curriculum to teach the youth how to relate theoretical training to real use of hand (practical) skills to broaden tertiary institution curriculums to include Knowledge of business environment and their mode of operation. In conclusion the high rate of unemployment in Nigeria and its attendant negative consequences calls for reflections because it is an evil wind that spares no one in our society any good today.

Nigeria. It was suggested, among other things, that the government should acknowledge the utility value of non-formal system of education also by putting in place some active labour policies to promote employment through subsidized placement, employment assistance and vocational trainings should also be encourage, self-employment, such as training and facilitating access to credit/grants and other business requirement.

examines how entrepreneurship education enhances
employability skills among graduates in Nigeria. The design for the
study was a descriptive survey. Four research questions guided this
study. The population for the study comprises of 28, 000 students and
7,000 Senior Lecturers totaling 35,000 respondents. A simple and
proportionate stratified random sampling technique was employed in
drawing 10% of the sample size. The sample size comprises of 200
students and 15 Senior Lecturers from Enugu State University of
Science and Technology, Agbani, Enugu. 28 itemed questionnaires
was structured and validated for this study. Mean scores were used to
answer the research questions. The results showed that incorporating
entrepreneurship education into tertiary institution curriculum will
minimize unemployment among graduates in Enugu State among
others. Through entrepreneurial education, graduates of Enugu State
University will learn how to acquire employable skills which will help
them in establishing themselves and equally create jobs for others.
Recommendations were made hated on the findings which among
others were that entrepreneurship education should be injected into
Nigeria tertiary institutions curriculum to teach the youth how to relate
theoretical training to real use of hand (practical) skills to broaden
tertiary institution curriculums to include Knowledge of business
environment and their mode of operation. In conclusion the high rate
of unemployment in Nigeria and its attendant negative consequences
calls for reflections because it is an evil wind that spares no one in our
society any good today.
Nigeria. It was suggested, among other things, that the government
should acknowledge the utility value of non-formal system of
education also by putting in place some active labour policies to
promote employment through subsidized placement, employment
assistance and vocational trainings should also be encourage, self
employment, such as training and facilitating access to credit/grants
and other business requirement.