Abstract:
This study examines the Entrepreneurship Development in Private Educational Institutions in Nigeria. The objectives are determine the importance of entrepreneurship education to Nigerian society, to determine if entrepreneurship development has a positive impact on the performance of the schools studied, and to determine the purposes of implementing entrepreneurship development programmes in the educational institutions. Chi-square, tabulation and percentages methods were used to analyze and interpret the data drawn from the questionnaire. The findings that emerged from the study include: entrepreneurship education plays a significant role in Nigerian society, entrepreneurship development has positive impact on the performance .of the schools studied, and there are purposes for implementation of entrepreneurship development programmes in the educational institutions. The work thus recommended that management should focus fully on entrepreneurship education because it plays significant role in the society, constant training are to be organized to develop the entrepreneurial and managerial capacities of the potential entrepreneurs in the institutions for future benefits, proper awareness are to be made on the purposes for the implementation of entrepreneurship development programme in the institution to encourage the potential entrepreneurs, management should device the best techniques .to use in increasing workers effectiveness and efficiency through entrepreneurship development, and the impact of entrepreneurship development towards economic development should be made publicly by the management to stimulate, motivate both the government and private individual towards encouraging and supporting the scheme.
