Entrepreneurship education for sustainable development in Nigeria

Abstract

The paper examined the concept of entrepreneurship education and sustainability in the light of population explosion and ever increasing turnout of large number of graduate unemployed from Nigeria tertiary institutions of learning without corresponding measures to match the situation. The authors sees education as a veritable tool for dissemination of information and knowledge through the use of various technological media such as radio, television and other relevant social media with a view to educate, sensitize, enlighten the populace including public lectures on the need to be self-reliance in a dwindling economic like the case of Nigeria. The authors of the paper lamented government insensitivity and neglect towards the plight of education particularly poor funding of the sector as one of the major challenge yet most important tool responsible for the rapid transformation and development of both human and material resources of any nation in the world. The paper strongly advocated 26% government funding of education as recommended by United Nation Education Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) if Nigeria is to be among the strongest and self-reliance economist by year 20:2020 vision and also reduce poverty rate and other negative vices such as armed robbery and youth restlessness thereby channel their energy and god given talents towards productive skills acquisition for gainful employment and also become job provider in the absent of white-collar jobs.