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Entrepreneurship Education and Human Capital Development
Lessons from a Nigerian University
Raimi Lasisi
School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
E-mail: lazizi3001@yahoo.com and lazizi3001@gmail.com
Bieh, N. Nwoke
School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology,
University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
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ABSTRACT
The high rate of unemployment that has continued to plague university graduates in the country is a serious challenge for national development. The colonial mentality in the first generation of graduates in Nigeria, which was deep-rooted in the Golden Fleece and certificate frenzy, influenced the limited spirit of entrepreneurship. This paper examines the prospect of entrepreneurial education for human capital development in Nigerian Universities. It adopts a case study approach in arriving at useful data in the analysis of the linkage between entrepreneurial drive, job and wealth creation and the competitiveness of Nigerian graduates given the contemporary global economic crisis. The kernel of the paper is the emphasis on a synergy between theories and practice as should be manifested in the various research and development centres to foster technological and entrepreneurship knowledge in the universities. The introduction of entrepreneurship education as a compulsory course in the Nigerian university system is seen as a measure to address the problem of graduate unemployment and human capital development. It is recommended that the various entrepreneurial centres should be duly equipped with up to date facilities to drive home the much needed human capital development, so that impending graduates could cope with the harsh economic realities in the wider Nigerian society. The paper concludes that curriculum review, sensitization, advocacy and mobilization of support for entrepreneurship education, funding and administrative will are the necessary ingredients for entrepreneurship culture and human capital development.
KEY WORDS: entrepreneurship education, human capital, national development
Lessons from a Nigerian University
Raimi Lasisi
School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
E-mail: lazizi3001@yahoo.com and lazizi3001@gmail.com
Bieh, N. Nwoke
School of Graduate Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Sociology,
University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
E-mail:
ABSTRACT
The high rate of unemployment that has continued to plague university graduates in the country is a serious challenge for national development. The colonial mentality in the first generation of graduates in Nigeria, which was deep-rooted in the Golden Fleece and certificate frenzy, influenced the limited spirit of entrepreneurship. This paper examines the prospect of entrepreneurial education for human capital development in Nigerian Universities. It adopts a case study approach in arriving at useful data in the analysis of the linkage between entrepreneurial drive, job and wealth creation and the competitiveness of Nigerian graduates given the contemporary global economic crisis. The kernel of the paper is the emphasis on a synergy between theories and practice as should be manifested in the various research and development centres to foster technological and entrepreneurship knowledge in the universities. The introduction of entrepreneurship education as a compulsory course in the Nigerian university system is seen as a measure to address the problem of graduate unemployment and human capital development. It is recommended that the various entrepreneurial centres should be duly equipped with up to date facilities to drive home the much needed human capital development, so that impending graduates could cope with the harsh economic realities in the wider Nigerian society. The paper concludes that curriculum review, sensitization, advocacy and mobilization of support for entrepreneurship education, funding and administrative will are the necessary ingredients for entrepreneurship culture and human capital development.
KEY WORDS: entrepreneurship education, human capital, national development
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