Nigeria Industrial and University Education Entrepreneurial Experience

Ola Adebayo

Abstract: This paper looks at the genesis of the government promotion of small and medium scales entrepreneurship development in Nigeria and examines the various types of such entrepreneurial instruments of government with brief features of industrial estate nurseries. Having thoroughly examined the above issues and since it has been acknowledged that skill acquisition is a determinant of entrepreneurship knowledge, hence, an entrepreneurship course curriculum based on twin approach (the practical content and the theoretical content) being put forward for an effective impartation of entrepreneurship knowledge to Nigeria university undergraduates. A typical entrepreneurship course, consists of equilateral triangle of a model approach for the impartation of entrepreneurship course programme (entrepreneurship curriculum course content tables also included). Gains by the students of entrepreneurship who undergone the industrial training programme of Joseph Ayo Babalola University in Nigeria were enumerated In conclusion, some examples of skills acquisition imparted on to both our first and second sets o f Joseph Ayo Babalola University the first University in Nigeria to run entrepreneurship BSc degree programme are highlighted in this paper.

Keywords: Industrial, Entrepreneurship, Genesis, Curriculum