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JONAED

JOURNAL OF NIGERIAN ACADEMY OF EDUCATION

ISSN: 2278-095X

SELF EMPLOYMENT SKILLS AS CORRELATES OF SELF EMPLOYMENT JOBS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ IN IMO STATE

Helen, N. Ibe PhD

The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC, 2014) introduced entrepreneurship education and made it a compulsory course for all students in senior secondary schools to define and develop a business plan for any enterprise, equip them with effective managerial strategies in their chosen businesses and help them develop, expand and make their product available to markets. The overall aim of the policy is to inculcate in the students’ entrepreneurial spirit that will help to curb the increasing rate of young secondary leavers’ unemployment (FRN, 2013). Principals and teachers of senior secondary schools believe that the panacea to unemployment is entrepreneurship education that will equip the learners with self employment skills.