The reaction was not misplaced as Nigerians believed exposing students to entrepreneurship education may stem the challenge of unemployment in the country. Over a decade after the introduction of entrepreneurship education in the nation’s higher citadels of learning it seems the problem of unemployment is still being scratched on the surface.
3. Provide the graduates with enough training skills that will enable them meet manpower needs of the society.5. Stimulate industrial and economic growth of rural and less developed areas.7. Provide the graduate youths with adequate training that will enable them to be creative and innovative in identifying novel business opportunities.9. Reduce high rate of unemployment, underemployment and poverty among graduate youths.11.
Although along the line, Institutes of Entrepreneurship Studies started springing up with formal structures being put in place, much has not been accomplished as undergraduates are still being exposed to vocational trainings rather than scalable skills. What we see in most of the entrepreneurship laboratories in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions are trainings on ‘soap making’, ‘sewing’, ‘fish farming’, among others.
As good as vocational trainings such as ‘sewing’, ‘tie and dye’, ‘soap making’, etc. are, such skills may not really bring about the desired economic growth and development if not powered by technology. There are institutions of government in Nigeria which research into and teach technological entrepreneurship.