The executive secretary of NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje stated this in Abuja, yesterday, at a national workshop for “Entrepreneurship Educators in Nigerian Polytechnics and Similar TVET institutions.”
The theme of the workshop tagged, “Mastering Entrepreneurial Skills Development Modules”, was organised across the six zones of the country.
Bugaje said entrepreneurship played a critical role in the ability of the graduates to either be employed or independent, hence the need to take entrepreneurship development seriously.
He said the future of Nigerian youths is the ability to become a worthwhile entrepreneur and that entrepreneurship is the key to a successful graduate of Polytechnics so that they can use the skills to employ others.
The curriculum for teaching entrepreneurship courses in our institutions was reviewed last year and this year, we are carrying out this workshop on how to deliver these courses.
