ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION A TOOL IN THE REDUCTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT; A FOCUS ON UNIVERSITY OF BENIN

Agatha Ngozi Onu

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This paper examines entrepreneurship education as a tool for reducing unemployment in Nigeria (a case study of the University of Benin University). Three research questions guided the study. The survey research design was used for the study. The total population comprised 200 students made up of 300- 400 level of university students. The Chi-square statistics was used to answer the research questions. The findings of the study indicated that entrepreneurship education can serve as a tool for reducing unemployment in Nigeria, entrepreneur education in Nigeria universities can stimulate entrepreneurship skills in graduating students and entrepreneurship education courses are compulsory in higher institutions in the country. Based on the findings it was concluded that entrepreneurship education is a tool for reducing unemployment in Nigeria. The major recommendations include that there should be a working partnership between industry and the universities such that government should give incentives such as tax cuts for very organization that is involved in the field and that industrial experience in entrepreneurship education should be encouraged.

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