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Curriculum Design and Entrepreneurial Intention: Bridging Graduates’ Unemployment Gap in Nigeria

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: The study assesses how curriculum design can be used as a lever to propel robust entrepreneurship intentions among graduates in reaction to rising youth unemployment.A total of 19 respondents (graduates and educators) were interviewed to understand the role of curriculum design in the development of entrepreneurial intentions for employment and venture creation.Themes and sub-themes were identified with the NVivo ( 12) qualitative software.Results revealed ambiguous and outdated course curricula incapacitated to explore and provoke appropriate entrepreneurial intentions.The right mix of entrepreneurial intentions, skills, traits, and competency is largely not infused in the existing higher education curriculum in Nigeria.Addressing graduates' unemployment challenges is unconnected to having a robust and practical curriculum in tandem with global best practices.The study concludes with the need to revoke the existing Nigeria's higher education curriculum through the infusion and application of entrepreneurial intentions skills and traits.

Source: International Journal of Social Sciences and Educational Studies

DOI: 10.23918/ijsses.v10i3p161

Authors: Samson Adewumi, Simangele Constance Cele

Institution: University of Zululand

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Quality education, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W4386036858