Entrepreneurial Education in Nigeria Universities: A Recipe for National Development in the 21st Century

Abstract

This paper focused on entrepreneurship education in Nigerian Universities as a recipe for national development in the 21st century.   The sole aim of this paper was to highlight the place of entrepreneurial education in directing national development and possible challenges of entrepreneurial education.  Entrepreneurial education was considered in this paper as the inculcation in the citizenry appropriate skills, habits and competences necessary for self and paid employments.   Inadequate funding, man power shortage, among others was identified as the challenges of entrepreneurship education in Nigerian Universities.  It was recommended that apart from improving the funding policy of the government, the Universities should strictly embrace and follow the entrepreneurship education policy of the federal government.

Keywords: Education, Entrepreneurship, and National Development.