Entrepreneurship Education: Trends, Challenges and Possibilities  in  Nigerian                 Higher Education

John A. Undie¹, M. Sule², Ubom Bassey^3
((1. Educational Foundations Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Bauchi, Nigeria;
2. Eductional Administration and Planning, University of Calabar, Nigeria;
3. Science Education, University of Calabar, Nigeria)

Abstract: This paper re-examines entrepreneurship education in terms of its relevance to functionality and solving problems of students and graduates alienation after several years of schooling. The key trends in entrepreneurship education were also highlighted and particularly stressing the need for humble beginning for entrepreneurial mindset. This paper also identifies various the ways in which entrepreneurial education can be made more useful to students and the nation at large. The kernel of advocacy here is that entrepreneurship education as the key driver of an economy and should be handled by entrepreneurs. The paper therefore, articulate the need for re-invention of the Nigerian higher education to pave way for mega institutions which will in turn create access while the curriculum is equally modify and made more relevant to the needs of the students and aspirations of the nation, thereby deemphasizing paper qualification and white collar jobs. The possibilities of the scheme attaining desired height lies in the faithful implementation of the recommendations and indexing compensation to productivity and entrepreneurism.

Key words: entrepreneurship education, trends, challenges, possibilities and higher education