{"id":25490,"date":"2026-10-17T19:52:49","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/?page_id=25490"},"modified":"2026-10-17T19:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T19:52:49","slug":"entrepreneurship-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/entrepreneurship-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Supporting his teaching is a record of achievement in academic research; Professor Onigbinde has to his credit over sixty scholarly publications.<\/header>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Director of CEN<\/p> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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An important issue generally debated amongst the planners and educators world over is how technical education can contribute to sustainable development of the societies struggling hard to come in the same bracket as that of the developed nations. The rapid industrialization and globalization have created an environment for free flow of information and technology through fast and efficient means. This has led to shrinking of the world, bringing people from different culture and environment together and giving rise to the concept of world turning into a global village. Technical education system is one of the significant components of the human resource development and has grown phenomenally during all these years. Now it is time to consolidate and infuse quality aspect through developing human resources, in the delivery system. Polytechnics play an important role in meeting the requirements of trained technical manpower for industries and field organizations<\/p>

Several studies reiterated massive unemployment of Nigerian universities and polytechnic graduates over the last few decades. The university curriculum, in the past, was tailored towards making graduates suitable only for only white-collar jobs. This underscores why millions of our youths and a lot of university graduates roam about the major cities in search of elusive white-collar jobs. This problem is said to be traceable to the disequilibrium between labour market requirements and lack of essential employable skills by these graduates.<\/p> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A survey by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that an average of 1.3 million Nigerians entered the job market every year. Similarly, 53 per cent of people between 24 and 44 years old are unemployed, while the National Committee on Job Creation put the total number of unemployed Nigerians at 49 million. The largest group is the unemployed youths, which has resulted in increased hard and soft crimes ranging from: advance fee fraud, urban violence, banditry, kidnapping, terrorism, militancy and insurgency in the country.<\/p>

Many individuals have difficulties in creating new business ventures via translating their business ideas to realities due to lack of necessary information and skills needed to achieve their target goals. The question is, is it necessary and possible to position Nigerian higher education institutions to stimulate economic growth through a deliberate agenda of production of entrepreneurial graduates?<\/p>

Many countries offer entrepreneurship education for life-long trade. There is no gainsaying that many of these countries offer courses that enable students to meet their general academic requirements while learning a trade. However, because of the recent challenges in the global economy, many tertiary institutions have shifted emphasis to training in computer appreciation and information technology among other related disciplines. Many public institutions work closely with willing industries and high-net individuals to establish curriculum and programmes to meet their students\u2019 skill demand.<\/p>

In line with the Vice Chancellor-Professor Francis Igbasan\u2019s transformation agenda and in realization of the fact that white collar jobs are gradually getting out of reach, the decision of the University to establish the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovations (CEN) will prepare and equip the students against the backdrop of employment challenges confronting their generation by imparting in them entrepreneurship spirit and vocational skills.<\/p>

The import of this is that by the time students are graduating from this great University, they will be equipped with both the degree certificate to work with and the entrepreneurial skills to be self-reliant (if need arises).<\/p> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Out of the thirteen vocational courses curriculum drawn, the university can project to start with seven (7) vocations, namely:<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Fashion Designing and Accessory<\/li>
  2. Catering and Confectioneries<\/li>
  3. Textile Designing<\/li>
  4. Computer Technology (computer hardware, Solar Technology and Phone repairs)<\/li>
  5. Footwear, bag making and Leather work<\/li>
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    The vision of the Centre is derived from that of the University which is<\/p>

    …to \u201cBuild a People of Excellence and Integrity for Service through Entrepreneurship and Innovative Skills\u201d. Upon admission into the University, students must compulsorily be at the Centre for courses in Entrepreneurship and Innovative Skills, and they are expected to excel as learners in all spheres of their respective disciplines.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>

    The Mission of the Centre is<\/p>

    …to produce graduates who, in addition to their academic achievement, will be skillful in one vocational area or the other on which they will rely for self-sustenance and empowerment after graduation. This, in future, can make them employers of labour rather than job seekers.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Specifically, the objectives of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovations (CEN)\u00a0through the various courses designed and approval by National Universities Commission (NUC) are to:<\/strong><\/p>

    1. make the students learn at least one vocation that can guarantee self- reliance.<\/li>
    2. equip the students with the needed knowledge to make them successful entrepreneurs.<\/li>
    3. create in the students the necessary awareness, understanding and appreciation of Nigerian people and culture and hence guarantee responsible citizenship<\/li>
    4. prevent or minimize students\u2019 involvement in indecent behaviour and illicit possession of hard drugs through students\u2019 involvement in skill acquisition.<\/li>
    5. creating and promoting entrepreneurial awareness and opportunities.<\/li>
    6. imparting entrepreneurial skills in the students, staff, and members of the external context in contact with the Centre.<\/li>
    7. enhancing the capacity of potential and practicing entrepreneurs who desire to learn practical skills that will make them self-employed and self-dependent.<\/li>
    8. inculcating in the students, the knowledge of the modern information communication and technology (ICT) that will enable them interact effectively with their immediate and distant environment<\/li>
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      McPherson UniversityLatest News Supporting his teaching is a record of achievement in academic research; Professor Onigbinde has to his credit over sixty scholarly publications. Dr. Abiola Modupeola Omotoso Director of CEN Brief Profile An important issue generally debated amongst the planners and educators world over is how technical education can contribute to sustainable development of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-25490","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25490"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25517,"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/25490\/revisions\/25517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcu.edu.ng\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}