ENTREPRENEURSHIP SKILLS IN VOCATIONAL BUSINESS EDUCATION THROUGHOFFICE TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT EDUCATION AS PANACEA FOR SELFRELIANCE AND INSECURITY IN NIGERIA
Keywords:
Entrepreneurship Skills,, Office Technology Management Education, Self-Reliance, InsecurityAbstract
This paper examined the entrepreneurship skills expected of graduate of Office Technology and
Management Education programme in Nigeria. It discussed the concept of entrepreneurship, its
characteristics and the concept of Office Technology and Management Education. The paper highlighted
the Entrepreneurship Opportunities in Office Technology and ManagementEducation for Self-reliance that
when graduate venture into will reduce the rate of insecurity in Nigeria.The paper recommends that Office
Technology and Management Education programme be encouraged by both government and public as its
a programmeof study, designed to equipped its participants with entrepreneurship skills for employment or
self-reliance. The paper also recommended that institution offering the course should be well equipped
with infrastructural and the right instructional materials for teaching and learning and also recommended
that government should make the provision of soft loan facilities for potential OTME graduates and other
entrepreneurs to enable them set up their own small business enterprises.
