INSTITUTIONS
Emamuzo, N.O. & Isiboge O.E.
1Department of Mathematics, College of Education, Agbor, Delta State
2Department of Fine and Applied Art, College of Education, Agbor, Delta State
Email: mamexnice@yahoo.com
Abstract
Education as a factor affects the lives of a nation and it determines the success of the citizens and to a large extent, the rate of development of the country. This is the thrust of the study, to ascertain the relevance of entrepreneurship education into the curriculum of tertiary institutions. Also, it examines how entrepreneurship education can serve as a catalyst to national development. This study combines a descriptive survey design as well as the use of questionnaires to source for the requisite primary information. A sample of three hundred (300) students was drawn from a university, a polytechnic and a college of education situated in Delta state, Nigeria. Three hypotheses were formulated and tested in the study by using simple percentage and the chi-square statistical technique. The results reveal that entrepreneurship education in tertiary institution is needful and effective in building students entrepreneurial skills with the aim to equipping and inculcating self reliant skills. The implication of this is that every student in tertiary institutions should have at least a relevant skill, but the reverse is the case today, as most tertiary institutions still lack the basic infrastructures and requisite facilities to groom students in the needed entrepreneurial skills. The paper concludes by recommending a practical and not just theoretical head knowledge but demonstrative skills. This is the underpinning philosophy behind entrepreneurship education that can serve as a sine qua non to development through tertiary institutions.