Entrepreneurial Education As A Tool For Reducing Unemployment In Nigeria

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDYEntrepreneurial education is the incorporation into the student syllabus steps involved in starting a new business based on a recognized business opportunity as well as operating and maintaining that business. The belief of some people is that entrepreneurship education does not need to be taught and therefore, an entrepreneur is born to be so. It should however be noted that for one to be a successful entrepreneur, he/she needs to learn the skills (Griffin and Hammis, 2001). Entrepreneurial education is designed to teach the skills and knowle…