Improving the Quality of Education in Nigeria for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Prospects

Abstract

Nigeria needs education that will empower its citizens, especially the youths to develop their environment. Entrepreneurship Education in Nigeria was born out of the concern to solve unemployment problem. Consequently, Entrepreneurship Education was introduced into higher institutions and Senior Secondary Education Curriculum (SSEC) in Nigeria. The study adopted secondary method of data collection and was content analyzed. It was established in this study that effective Entrepreneurship Education is a tool for sustainable development and that the challenges hindering the success of Entrepreneurship Education in Nigerian Senior Secondary Schools are: (1) Lack of finance; (2) Lack of practical; (3) Lack of trained Entrepreneurship Education teachers; (4) Imposition of a skill on all the students; (5) Lack of infrastructural facilities; and (6) Students' lack of entrepreneurial attitude. The recommendations based on the findings are: (1) Making the study of Entrepreneurship Education a practical learning (2) Provision of adequate funding by the government, and financial support from corporate bodies (3) Training and re-training of Entrepreneurship Education teachers (4) Provision of infrastructural facilities by the government; and (5) The encouragement of students to develop interest in vocational studies.