Enhancing Science, Technology and Entrepreneurial Skills Development for Sustainable Economic Recovery

Abstract

Education is a critical agent of transformation in terms oj changing life styles, attitude and behaviour. Entrepreneurship is seen as a key to economic development process. The need for science, technology and entrepreneurship education in pursuit of sustainable economic recovery is indispensable. The reason being that the rate of unemployment in the country is becoming unabated and this cuts across the individual, male and female youths leaving various educational institutions. Concomitant effect of this has led to armed robbery, advance-fee-fraud, sex commercialization, drug addiction, gambling and host of others. To curb these vices, it has become necessary to vigorously galvanise this’ sector in order to make the youths not only becoming self-employed but also employers of labour. This paper discusses the concept and importance of entrepreneurship education, objectives of entrepreneurship education, science, technology and entrepreneurship education, strategies for effective entrepreneurship education, need for entrepreneurship education in science and technology, forms of skills involved in science and technology education, basic science and technology teacher as an entrepreneur in a school system, problems, strategies and policies of science and technology education for sustainable national development. Finally, the paper recommended among others that educational programmes at all levels should be made relevant by providing the youths with the needed entrepreneurial skills for sustainable economic recovery and growth in Nigeria.