THE ROLE OF VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL EDUCATION IN ACHIEVING ENTERPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Entrepreneurship as a concept described an attitude modification to create and develop an enterprising mind of an individual to undertaken to militate, maintain a business for the production and distribution of economic goods and services. Is considered vis-à-vis the roles of Vocational and Technical Education. The paper looked at what VTE is all about, the concept of entrepreneurship, roles of vocational and technical education as a tool for achieving entrepreneurship education. It was concluded by calling for the acceleration of vocational and technical education into graduate programmes/course as well as integrating entrepreneurship education into primary and secondary school. Recommendations were made for enhanced entrepreneurship in vocational and technical education sectors.