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    DEVELOPING FRAMEWORK FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN NIGERIA
    (Lagos Education Review (LER), 2020-06-07) Yinusa, Oyekunle; Bakare, Tewogbola; Adebisi, Sunday; Olasupo, Jegede
    The rationale for the introduction of entrepreneurship education into the Nigerian university curriculum by the Federal Government of Nigeria (through the National Universities Commission in 2006) was to enhance job creation, reduce unemployment, and poverty among young graduates. However, the high rate of unemployment, continuous search for jobs and removal of idleness among youth in this dispensation remain a cause for concern. This issue has raised numerous questions by scholars and researchers as to what could be the bane of entrepreneurship education and practice in Nigerian universities. Previous findings have revealed a problem of funding entrepreneurship programme, the lack of entrepreneurial intentions among students and lack of government support for entrepreneurship programme but have failed to dwell on how entrepreneurship education is being delivered in Nigerian universities. Thus, this paper attempts to provide a realistic framework for entrepreneurship education in Nigerian universities in a bid to produce graduates that will be job creators and be self-reliant. A desk review of related literature, theories and concepts was done to develop a framework for the paper. Five key areas such as; stakeholders collaboration, entrepreneurship education curriculum development, entrepreneurship education approaches, required skills and expected outcome were identified as necessary for effective development of entrepreneurship education in higher education in Nigeria. The paper concludes that effective networking among stakeholders can produce a robust entrepreneurship education curriculum, and with the best approaches, methods and appropriate context, the required outcome can be achieved for the benefit of the students and the nation at large.