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Article Title: Strategies Towards Effective Implementation of Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Education for Global Competiveness and Wealth Creation
by Romina Ifeoma Asiyai

Abstract:
The focus of this study was to identify the major challenges to and strategies for effective implementation of entrepreneurship education and training in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. Two research questions were answered while two hypotheses were formulated and tested. Through Semi-structured interview and questionnaire, data were collected from 160 respondents selected through random sampling technique from four institutions of higher learning in Delta and Edo States of Nigeria. Data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using percent and mean to answer the two research questions and one way analysis of variance to test the hypotheses. Findings emanating from the study indicated that funding, lack of entrepreneurial curriculum and lack of skilled personnel were among the major challenges facing effective implementation of entrepreneurship education and training in higher education institutions in Nigeria. Findings further revealed that establishing entrepreneurship programme centers in institutions and designing entrepreneurial curriculum in line with market demand were among the strategies for effective implementation of entrepreneurship education and training in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. The study recommended among others that Nigerian government should give priority to higher education funding by meeting up with the 26% budgetary allocation recommended by UNESCO so as o endure effective implementation of entrepreneurship education and training in schools.

Keywords: entrepreneurship education and training, employment, global competitiveness, higher education, Nigeria, wealth creation

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