Repositioning Entrepreneurship in Economics Education: A Veritable Tool for Achieving Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) In Nigeria

Abstract

Global economic realities of recession, depression and unemployment tend to put nations in setback, in terms of retarding their sustainable development. The global community in recent times adopted entrepreneurial education as a tool to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). The Nigerian government has overtime formulated, enacted policies and adopted varied strategies for a favorable sustainable development which have yield little or no benefits. Economics education play the role of inculcating skill and depositions on learners for managerial functions; self-reliance and in the long-run sustainable development. In same vein, entrepreneurship is an outfit whose benefit in sustaining development of a nation cannot be fathom. This however draws the attention of this paper which is directed on the need to reposition entrepreneurship in Economics education a veritable tool for achieving education for sustainable development (ESD) in Nigeria. The paper highlighted the concepts of entrepreneurship, Economics education, sustainable development, as well as the place of entrepreneurship in Economics Education in achieving sustainable development in Nigeria. The paper recommended among others that government should provide soft loans to enable Economics Education graduates with entrepreneurship skills establish entrepreneurship outfits.