TITLE:
Entrepreneurial Development as a Panacea to Graduate Unemployment in Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Carl Madawa Seiyaibo
KEYWORDS:
Impact, Globalisation, Entrepreneurial, Development, Tertiary Institutions
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Business and Management,
Vol.8 No.4,
July
30,
2020
ABSTRACT: This study empirically examines the concept of Entrepreneurial
Development as a panacea to graduate unemployment in Nigeria, adopting the multi-stage
sampling technique; primary data were obtained from 360 respondents comprising
lecturers and students of Niger Delta University Amassoma, Bayelsa State
Nigeria, by means of structured questionnaires. Data reliability, testing and
analysis were conducted using Cronbach’s Alpha and Chi-square statistical tools
respectively, The study revealed a positive and significant relationship
between the development of adequate entrepreneurship curricula in Nigeria
tertiary institutions and the production of innovative entrepreneurs, equally,
the study suggests that the teaching of entrepreneurship courses in tertiary institutions is positively correlated with the development of
self-sufficient graduates who possess employability attributes which
invariably culminates in overall economic development. Thus, it is recommended that government
in conjunction with the management of tertiary institutions should fashion out
sustainable policies and programmes to inculcate and promote entrepreneurship
education into the consciousness of the teeming undergraduates.