ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: TRENDS, ISSUES AND PRACTICE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.

Bagudu, Ahmad Ibrahim

Department of Office Technology and Management (OTM)

Federal Polytechnic Bali, Taraba State.

Email: zibagudu@yahoo.com

ABSTRACT                                                                                                                                          

The disturbing trends of massive graduate unemployment and social menace in the society, if well represented and put into practice would help the Government to solves and promote self-reliance (entrepreneurship education) for sustainable development in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions as an essential mean of equipping graduate to functions as job and wealth creators rather than job seekers. This paper stresses the importance of entrepreneurship education towards sustainable development in Nigeria and to reduce the problems facing the country from high rate of poverty, overdependence on foreign goods and technology, low economic growth among others. It highlight on the ways through which Nigerian youths, with knowledge and enterprise culture, could survive independently of government in the emerging competitive global arena with fewer jobs numberless job seeker.

Keyword: Entrepreneurship Education, Trends, Issues, Practice, Sustainable Development.