Entrepreneurship Education for Economic Growth and Development in Nigeria

Entrepreneurs are not born rather they become through the experience of their lives. Through effective entrepreneurship education, people can access the skills and knowledge needed to start and grow a new business. This paper, examined entrepreneurship education for economic growth and development in Nigeria. The challenges facing us as a nation range from high rate of poverty; youth and graduate unemployment; over dependence on foreign goods and technology; low economic growth and development; poor infrastructural facilities among others. This paper argues that entrepreneurship education will provide students with the skills with which to be self-reliant and becoming job creators rather than job seekers. This paper also recommended among other things that all stakeholders must encourage the introduction of entrepreneurship education across faculties and departments as general courses in the country. The federal government in collaboration with state governments should provide scholarships/bursaries for performing students as a way of encouragement as well as adequate attention to entrepreneurial development in the country in order to bring about improved economic growth and development.