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Building Sustainable Future for Young Nigerian Adults Through Functional Entrepreneurship Education
Type of Presentation
Shared
Session Abstract
Finding connections between Adult Education and unemployment affecting about 50% of Nigerian young adults is imperative. The presentation focuses on alleviation through interaction between adult education techniques and entrepreneurship education.
Target Audience
Academics, University Education Administrators, Adult Educators, Instructors, Women Issues Administrator, health workers
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the session, the participants will comprehend and be able to discuss the problems of unemployment in the world and in particular in Nigeria. They will also be able to evaluate, compare and categorize the forms of unemployment and relate them to the situations in labour markets across the world and rate it with the Nigerian case. Lastly, through the critique provided, the paper will be improved and can be useful as a new tool for employment drive for young adults not only in Nigeria but the world over.
Session Description
The paper explores the history and socio-economic consequences of graduate unemployment in Nigeria. It posits that graduate unemployment can be adduced to the nature of university education that has failed to prepare graduates adequately to meet the demand of the labour market in line with the contemporary realities. The paper noted with concern that except revolutionary and innovative measures are put in place to address the problem of graduate unemployment and its associated consequences, Nigeria’s future can best be described as bleak and uncertain. It observed that though the government of Nigeria has put in place entrepreneurship education as a panacea to the problem of graduate unemployment, the implementation has much to be desired.
The paper recommends functional entrepreneurship education innovation as the key to a sustainable socio-economic future, employability and social inclusion of the Nigerian youth and consequently a better place for young adults to live.
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Thursday November 7
Primary Presenter
Bolanle Clara Simeon-Fayomi, PhD, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
Work Title
Senior Lecturer
Additional Presenters: Enters In Order.
Abimbola Olugbenga Fayomi, PhD, Institute for Entrepreneurship and Development Studies, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife
Work Title
Senior Managent Consultant
Adedolapo Femi-Aderinto, MA, Dept of Continuing Education,Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Work Title
Assistant Lecturer