Analysis of Entrepreneurship Pedagogy and Students' Mindset towards Self Employment in Nigeria
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2021-05-01
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Journal of Management and Science, Published by Management and Science University, Selangor, Malaysia
Abstract
The support from higher institutions to facilitate entrepreneurship development courses is at an alarming
rate at all levels. Despite this support, the rate of unemployment among university graduates continues to
increase daily. The study examined how entrepreneurial curricula in selected universities in Kwara State
influence students' mindset on entrepreneurship. The study adopted a thematic analysis based on data
collected from the in-depth interviews obtained from nine students across the selected universities in
Kwara State. They concluded that students were engaged in industrial attachments, vocational skills,
workshops, and group projects that greatly influenced students' mindsets toward entrepreneurial
behaviours through skills acquisition and team building. The findings also revealed that the study has
implications on strategy development for entrepreneurship development curricula of universities in Kwara
State and students' goals. Therefore, it is recommended that the students' entrepreneurial mindset should
be enhanced through career team building; the schools should encourage undergraduates to attend
workshops, acquire vocational skills and also encourage the students on holiday jobs.