Al-Hikmah University Central Journal
ENTREPRENUERSHIP EDUCATION: AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN EKITI STATE
Abstract
The study was carried out by the researcher in Ekiti State to determine how entrepreneurship
education could be a source for achieving sustainable development. A survey research design
was used for the study. The population comprised 30business educators teaching in public
Universities offering Business Education in Ekiti State. A self-structured questionnaire was
adopted by the researcher for data collection. The result of the study showed that
entrepreneurship education programme is an indispensable tool for achieving sustainable
development in Ekiti State because it provides the needed manpower required in all sectors. The
study equally revealed that one of the strategies for achieving sustainable development in Ekiti
State is through entrepreneurship education programme which ensure that the school curriculum
is relevant to the skills required in all sectors of the economy such as: industries, education,
agriculture. Based on the findings of the study, the researcher recommended among others that
the curriculum planners should ensure that the school curriculum content is relevant to the skills
required of industries because of the relevance of the programme in providing the needed
manpower in all sectors of the economy.