ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN NIGERIAN UNIVERSITIES AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT

Abstract

The study was captioned entrepreneurship education in Nigerian universities and youth empowerment. The aim of the study was to carefully examine the relationship between entrepreneurship education in Nigerian universities and youth empowerment. The study revealed that entrepreneurship education has relationship with youth empowerment in Nigeria University. The study will also guide policy makers in the education sector and the government on how to improve youth empowerment in Nigerian universities using entrepreneurship education. The study concluded that entrepreneurship education can be seen as a branch of education that teaches skills development to improve youth empowerment in Nigeria. Recommendations were made among others that entrepreneurship education curriculum should offer a foundation of professional knowledge, skills, values, ethics and attitudes to students which will enable them to continue to learn and adapt to changes throughout their professional lives.