Benefits of Entrepreneurship Education as a Component of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Nigerian Educational Curriculum
Daniel Momngu Tiough & Vershima Mark Nande
Department of Vocational and Technical Education, Faculty of Education
Benue State University, Makurdi
Email: dantiough@yahoo.com, nandemarkver@gmail.com
Corresponding Author: Dr. Daniel Momngu Tiough
ABSTRACT
This paper is about the relevance of entrepreneurship education in the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Curriculum. The paper looks at the concept of TVET, entrepreneurship, entrepreneur and the qualities of entrepreneur. The paper further looks at the benefits of entrepreneurship education in the TVET curriculum, the paper concludes that TVET gives technical skills to students or trainees but the students need entrepreneurship education to be self-reliant in the society and to be employers of labour as envisioned in the National Policy on Education. The paper therefore concludes that entrepreneurship is important, beneficial and very relevant in the TVET curriculum. The paper therefore recommends that; (i) Entrepreneurship education should be incorporated in the TVET curriculum, (ii) Government should provide adequate funds for TVET students using entrepreneurship to visit job centers and enterprises to broaden their knowledge while in schools, and (iii) Government should lessen tax policies to encourage individuals to own businesses.
Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Technical and Vocation Education and Training, Entrepreneur
