Teaching Entprepreneurship Education for the Promotion of Knowledge Economy: Concepts and Challenges

STRATEGIES FOR ENANCING THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS OF YOUTHS

BY

ANYAKOHA, CHUKWUNONYE NNANNA University of Nigeria Consultancy Services University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State [e-mail] [phone]

Abstract

This paper deals with the strategies for enhancing entrepreneurial skills in Nigerian youths. It examines the characteristics of entrepreneurs and their need for entrepreneurial education. It also points out the role of tertiary institutions in developing entrepreneurs and also deepening entrepreneurial attributes in individuals. It presents that argument that the traditional system of education does not promote entrepreneurship skills but rather stifles them, and that for entrepreneurship to be promoted, there ought to be changes in both the process and content of learning. It suggest that tertiary institutions should gear the learning process towards

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, creativity, entrepreneur, education, skills

Introduction
In the last two decades, considerable attention has been paid to the role of academia in producing entrepreneurs. This has become necessary due to continuous decrease in the number of jobs available for school leavers, continued privatization of government owned organizations and consequently the reduction of government interference in private sector. Governments around the world, including Nigeria thus encourage increased private sector responsibility and reduction in government intervention in job creation. This development has thus created a need for education on entrepreneurship, which encompasses areas such as investing, divestiture, mergers, acquisitions and management. Effort thus needs to be made in order to gear the education system towards being relevant

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