REPOSITIONING ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (TVET) FOR POST-OIL BOOM ECONOMY

Abstract

The rising level of unemployment among graduates of vocational education has left nothing to be desired among stakeholders of education. The current high rate of unemployment among graduates has contributed to the increase rate of social vices in Nigeria. Entrepreneurship is a tool for sustainable manpower development. In the post oil boom, entrepreneurship inculcates in people (learners) admirable skills of organizing other factors of production to make a meaningful living. Repositioning entrepreneurship in Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is a keen force for learners to acquire business skills for self-reliance. TVET is an integral component of lifelong learning that provides functional education for individuals’ survival and socio-economic wellbeing of the society. This realization informs the global acceptance of TVET, as an effective tool for Nation building and transformation. In a bid to remedy the situation of social vices and unemployment this paper is proposed to Reposition Entrepreneurship in TVET for post oil boom economy. The paper emphasis challenges facing entrepreneurship in TVET; and also proposed ways of Repositioning Entrepreneurship in TVET for Post- Oil Boom Economy.