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| Role Of Entrepreneurial Education In The Reduction Of Unemployment Among Nigerian Graduates
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ONWUKAEGWU, Ben Precious, Prof, OLANNYE, A. P, ECHIMINA, Emmanuel Chukwurah, OGUNDARE, Justice Taiwo (Ph. D)
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Abstract:
This study examines the role of entrepreneurial education in the reduction of unemployment among Nigerian graduates. Youth unemployment is an ill wind in any society where it exists; graduate Unemployment rate is rising day by day with its negative consequences on social, economic and technological development of Nigeria. This study was carried out by using the method of descriptive research design, which allows the collection of raw data from primary and secondary sources. In this study certain area such as the role of entrepreneur education in poverty alleviation, basis of entrepreneurship education for poverty reduction, factors militating against entrepreneurship education in reducing youth unemployment and the meaning of entrepreneurship education. This study discovered that entrepreneurship education provide students needed knowledge, competencies, attitude, skills and understanding to be employed as a worker in industries, civil service and also as a proprietor of organization. The study recommended among others that entrepreneurial education in tertiary institutions should be practically oriented rather than theory as this will exposed the students to various lucrative skills, access to credits/loans should be granted without collateral in order to make the training realizable and achievable.
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