MENTORING IN ENTRERENUARSHIP: A STRATEGY FOR REPOSITIONING BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR POST OIL BOOM ECONOMY

Abstract

This paper focused on mentoring in Entrepreneurship: A strategy for repositioning business Education for post oil Economy. Nigeria as a nation is presently facing economic recession triggered by sudden drop in international oil price against overwhelming dependence on oil revenue. This situation has brought about hardship, unemployment and increased corrupt practices among others as a means of survival. Business education as a systematic programme of instruction that prepares students to acquire skills for world of work, need to be repositioned towards mentoring individuals with entrepreneurial skills for self reliant. The paper examined the objectives of business education, concept of entrepreneurship, mentoring and the strategies implored towards producing graduates with the required entrepreneurial skills considering the present global economic meltdown. The paper further proposed that mentoring as a strategy for producing individuals who are self reliant should be incorporated in teaching entrepreneurship in business education, such mentoring techniques like: accompanying, catalyzing, and showing should be applied in training individuals in entrepreneurship. This paper concluded that business education should rise up to the challenge by equipping its students with entrepreneurial skills and competencies thr ough mentoring strategies for self reliant in post oil boom economy.