Entrepreneurial Education Programme in Tertiary Education in Nigeria

Abstract

This paper examined the problems militating against the development of entrepreneurial education programmes in tertiary institutions in Nigeria and suggests the way forward. The paper sourced for secondary data online and uses content analysis and elimination method as the methodology. Inadequate funding, shortage of lecturers, lack of adequate infrastructure facilities, corruption, overemphasize on theory delivery, absence of research support and linkages and lack of support from private institutions and international organizations were among some of the factors identified as problems militating against the development of entrepreneurial education programme in the tertiary institutions in Nigeria. The paper suggested some measures to improve entrepreneurial education programmes in tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Some of these measures include; adequate funding of the programme by the federal and state government; direction of various institution managers to employ more lecturers in the entrepreneurial education programme; provision of adequate modern infrastructure facilities in all the institutions across the country by the government; deployment of both human and Al resources to monitor financial resources released for the implementation of entrepreneurial education programme in the various institutions; entrepreneurship education programme should be directed to be more practical inclined than theoretical and all human and materials resources needed should be provided by the managers of the various institutions and private institutions and international organization like World-bank and other financial institutions should support the programme by providing a business grant for students in various institutions across the country.