ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AS A PANACEA FOR JOB CREATION AND MITIGATING THE EFFECT OF UNEMPLOYMENT
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.34005/spektra.v7i2.5250Keywords:
Enterpreneurship, Education, Job Creation, Unemployment, Sustainable, Development, Economic, GrowthAbstract
Entrepreneurship education has been a vital solution to the difficult problem of unemployment and job creation. The present study examines the potential of entrepreneurship education in addressing the controversial issues of job creation and unemployment in Nigeria. With the provision of required skills, knowledge, and capacities, entrepreneurship education makes people self-employed as well as employable. The study observes the benefits of entrepreneurial education, including the creation of employment, minimization of unemployment, and encouragement of sustainable development. The study also identifies the need for responding to changing skill requirements and nurturing an entrepreneurship ethos. The findings observe that entrepreneurial education can play a major role in mitigating the effects of unemployment and aiding economic growth, innovation, and self-sufficiency. Through investment in entrepreneurial education, individuals, communities, and nations can create new economic opportunities and prosperity. It provided possible solutions to the challenges, and therefore conclusion were drawn. It was however recommended that the government should give adequate attention to entrepreneurial development in the country through the provision of good economic environment to encourage individual participation in business. While this is guaranteed, entrepreneurship will thrive and consequently create jobs and mitigate the effects of unemployment of graduate in Nigeria.
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D. Gilbert (2020) Introduction to Entrepreneurship (8th edition) U.S.A: South-Western Centregate Learning.
E. C. Osuala (2019), Principles and Methods of Business and Computer Education. Enugu: Cheston Agency Ltd Pub.
E. C. Osuala (2010), Principles and Methods of Business and Computer Education. Enugu: Cheston Agency Ltd Pub.
E. N. Zaki (2019), Need for Entrepreneurship Education in Schools. Journal of Management in Education, 15(5), 12 – 28.
E. O. Abiodun (2019), Entrepreneurial Education as a Tool for Reducing Unemployment in Nigeria. American journal of humanities and social sciences research (AJHSSR), 3 (12), 11-115.
Fahrany, S. (2024). Falsafah Sumber Hukum Islam Pada Mukmin Sejati Perspektif Al-Qur’an Dan Al-Hadits. Tahdzib Al-Akhlaq: Jurnal Pendidikan Islam, 7(1), 77-91.
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Harvard Executive Education (2019). International Leadership. exceed/sph.harvard.edu.com.
H. Suleiman (2010), Youth Entrepreneurship Education for National Development International Journal of Education Studies 1 (1), 47-50.
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I. A. Akhuemoukhan (2013), L. Raimi, & A. O. Sofoluwe, Entrepreneurship education and employment stimulation in Nigeria, Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (1).
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M. Inegbenebor (2006), You can be an Entrepreneur in the Fundamentals of Entrepreneurship Lagos: Malthouse Press ltd, 2006, 1-14.
M.A. Mainoma, and S.A.S. Arua (2012), Entrepreneurship: Concepts, Processes and Development, Kaduna, Felicity Publishing Co. Ltd.
M.N. Eric (201)8, Entrepreneurship Education: Challenges and Prospects. Calabar: Obongi Press.
N.V. Osalor (2013), Entrepreneurship, New Delhi; Vrinda Publications (p) Ltd, 2013.
Obinna, R. (2014). Examined the Importance of Exposing Undergraduate Students to Entrepreneurial Education on the Ability to Create Job after Graduation Using 200 Final Year Students from Ebonyi State University.
P.C. Solanke (2019), Unemployment and Development in Nigeria. Abuja: Okemota Press Ltd, 2019.
R. A. Agu, & G. T. Chiaha (2013), Entrepreneurship Education and Graduate Employability in Nigeria, A Research Proposal Presented at Association of African Universities (AAU).
S. A. Okundaye (2018), Education and Grassroots Development in Learning. International Journal of Educational Research in Learning, Vol. 4, No. 2, 12-26.
S. N. Amin (2017), An Introduction to Education. New Delhi: Educreation Publishing.
T. Olayeide (2020), Lessons from Boko Haram Sectarian Crisis. The Nigeria Education Times, No. 2, 13.
T. J. Watson (2011), Ethnography, Reality and Truth: The Vital need for Studies of ‘how things Work’ in Organisations and Management’. Journal of Management Studies, 48 (1): 202 – 217.
T. A. Owoseni (2009), Entrepreneurship as a Catalyst for Wealth Creation and Employment Generation,’ A Paper Presented at the 1st Conference on Effective Implementation of Federal Government Seven-Point Agenda Held at NUC, Abuja, Feb, 4-6.
Y. A. Oguntime, & J. C. Nwosu (2014), Building a Sustainable Development through Entrepreneurship in Nigeria, Kuwait Chapter of Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review 3(7).
Y. Newman (2019), Higher Education for Self-reliance. An Imperative for the Nigerian Economy, NEAP Publication 1-8.
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