CHEMISTRY EDUCATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME

Abstract

This paper focuses attention on the central role of Chemistry education (or chemical education) as an instrument of self-employment through the inculcation of the correct entrepreneurial skills and competencies on its beneficiaries. It analyzes the concept of quality and functions of an entrepreneur and relates this to preparation in chemical education to minimize unemployment problem. Possible impediments like style of teaching, staff competence and staff motivation, entrepreneurship and curriculum issue to the realization of this objective are identified. Teachers retraining, motivation, the creation and maintenance of an enterprising culture in schools has been highlighted as ways to solving the problems identified.