The Impact of Entrepreneurship Teaching and Learning in Nigeria Polytechnics

Abstract:

The need to strengthen entrepreneurship education has now become an increasing metaphor in Nigeria institutions due to recent economic recession. Entrepreneurship education has thus, become a sine qua-non every institution must establish going by recent mandate given to higher institutions of learning by regulatory bodies. Paramount to its success, policies and programmes initiated were to foster entrepreneurship teaching and learning among students in schools. This study aims at investigating the potential of entrepreneurship education in Nigerian polytechnics towards job creation & national development and to encourage greater level of entrepreneurial participation. A total of 240 respondents identified from a Nigerian polytechnic (The federal polytechnic Bida) participated in this survey. The result shows that current approaches in use to facilitate entrepreneurial teaching and learning need to be reviewed to yield the desired goal. While the perception of respondents differ based on cognitive factors, the result applauds the need to resolve several misconceptions stemming from identified factors that foster more entrepreneurship activities to contribute towards the nation’s economic growth needs.