President Muhammadu Buhari has urged universities in the country to develop a new curriculum that will emphasise entrepreneurship education.
Buhari said to address the unemployment problem in the country, there must be a paradigm shift in the focus and orientation of graduates.
To achieve this, the president urged universities to develop new curricula that will emphasize self-employment.
He said this yesterday as a visitor to the 11th convocation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Abuja.
He was represented by the acting Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, David Gender.
The president noted that NOUN was true, delivering on its mandate by taking affordable university education to the doorsteps of Nigerians irrespective of their location, tribe, sex and religion.
He said: “It is pertinent to restate that the nation’s educational curriculum be geared towards emphasizing entrepreneurship education. There must be a paradigm shift in the focus and orientation of our graduates towards employment opportunities. The realisation of this objective lies with our universities to develop new curricula that will emphasize self-employment.
“It is pleasing to note that the National Universities Commission (NUC) is about to conclude the comprehensive review of the curricula of all programmes in our universities and placing a premium on entrepreneurship. This, as we all know, is a driver to increase productivity and reduction in unemployment figures among our youths.
“The Federal Government through various interventions has created the enabling environment in support of this drive. We hope that our graduates will utilize these opportunities by embracing all the various programmes that have been put in place.”
