Integrating Basic Entrepreneurship Studies into Primary Education Curriculum: Platform for Sustainable National Development

Abstract

This study was conceived as a direct reaction to the unabated state of truth unemployment in the country. This situation has been blamed on poor formulation pupils are given to at the primary school level with particular reference to entrepreneurship skilled and knowledge. It was thus envisaged that introducing entrepreneurship studies at the primary level would give a good start and it was on this premise, this study sought the options of teachers and entrepreneurs on possible benefits of inclusion. The study was a survey, using 90 Primary school teachers and 60 entrepreneurs totaling 150 as study sample. Three research questions and one null hypothesis guided the study. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection while frequency, mean and x2 were applied in data analysis. Findings indicated among others that teachers and entrepreneurs see such curriculum innovation of beneficial effects in the nation economy. Among the major challenges envisaged are death of qualified teachers, facilities and instructional methods. Recommendation included recruitment of young qualified graduate teachers, training and retraining of teachers among others.

DOI: 10.5901/ajis.2013.v2n5p67