Role of entrepreneurship in teacher education and national development

Abstract

Education has been regarded as the vehicle for entrepreneurship skills and scientific development. It had undoubtedly broadened horizons, brought about creative minds, skills and talents which are the hallmark of scientific development and innovations. The paper focussed on concept of entrepreneurship education, teacher education, national development, teacher education and entrepreneurship for national development and role of government in entrepreneurship development. The paper concludes that, entrepreneurship education has the advantage of equipping individuals with skills necessary to be self-reliant and successful enterprisers and should be made part and parcel of teacher education at all level. Recommendations were also made which include: government should make entrepreneurship education part of teacher education at the various levels of education, more scholarly articles on entrepreneurship education for teachers should be made and related associations or bodies should organize workshops, seminars and talks on entrepreneurship education for their members.