ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND INNOVATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; ISSUES, CHALLENGES AND PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS
Abstract
This Articleexamined Entrepreneurship education and innovation in tertiary institutions and National Development: Issues, Challenges and Practical Solutions. The paper, considers major issues/challenges affecting entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions in Nigeria such as, large class size, absence of practical studios, and workshops/Entrepreneurship centers, absence of trained teachers, dilapidated classroom blocks etc. The paper argues that if National Development must be attained, entrepreneurship education must be taken seriously by all and sundry. It was suggested amongst others, that Government should urgently provide more/bigger classroom blocks and also build Entrepreneurship practical centers in our higher institutions.
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