CURRICULUM REDESIGN AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS ACQUISITION AT

TERTIARY EDUCATION LEVEL

Ukpong, Johnson Sunday

Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) Sheda, Abuja

E-mail: ukpongette2006@yahoo.com  

ABSTRACT

The study was carried out to examine the effect and benefit of curriculum redesigning in Entrepreneurship Education at tertiary level in Nigeria.  To achieve the purpose of this scholarship, four (4) Tertiary Institutions were carefully and randomly selected from the FCT-Abuja and Lafia, Nasarawa State.  These Institutions are University of Abuja, National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja Campus, Nasarawa State University, Keffi and Federal University, Lafia.  The Primary Instrument used to generate data was questionnaire which was distributed to four hundred students (400) with one hundred (100) each to the Tertiary Institutions mentioned.  Survey research design was employed in this study, and all the hypotheses were subjected to testing at 0.05 level of significance.  Conclusion and recommendations were put forward as policy options for consideration.