ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN CONTEMPORARY NIGERIA
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Entrepreneurship education is a field of knowledge that provides its recipients with skills on how to be self-reliant and useful to themselves and the society at large. In this paper, the emphasis is on youth empowerment which is orchestrated by the prevailing unemployment to youths after higher education, yet each year all the higher institutions in the country keep on churning out graduates in thousands into the labour market for jobs that are not available. The paper amongst others looked at the objectives of entrepreneurship education, roles in economic empowerment and development in Nigeria, entrepreneurship education for sustainable youth empowerment and strategies in Nigeria and challenges of entrepreneurship education in Nigeria. More so, certain recommendations were made.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Education, Youth Empowerment
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