TETFUND
- The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TetFund) Professor
Sulaiman Elias Bogoro has disclosed that N100 million has been released for the
establishment of entrepreneurship centers in each federal and state university
across the country.
Bogoro
made the disclosure at a capacity building workshop held for lecturers in the
North East region on entrepreneurship development in public tertiary
institutions.
At
the event held at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Gubi campus, Bagoro
said: "It is our belief that these centers, when fully operational, would
provide the needed platform for lectures, students and members of the public to
articulate appropriate strategies for growing entrepreneurship skills for
national development." He stated that TetFund has approved a five-year
(2014 to 2019) vision for fund to deepen its focus on academic content, quality
and excellence.
Bogoro,
represented by the North East zonal coordinator of TetFund, Mustapha Gutalla,
said that the workshop was designed to further strengthen the delivery of
entrepreneurship and training in public tertiary institutions.
He
said the training will further enhance the knowledge, skills and abilities of
lecturers in business development skills so that they will impact better
knowledge on students, using train-the-trainers approach.
He
explained that entrepreneurship has become an increasingly important avenue
towards accelerating economic growth in any country and is also one of the
major factors considered for ranking of universities in the world. "It has
become imperative that TetFund will continue to support the strengthening of
entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions, and as you are aware,
TetFund has been in the forefront of supporting innovative approaches to
teaching and learning over the years in Nigeria."
The
Chairman, Board of Trustees TetFund, Dr. Musa Babayo, represented by the Head
of Procurement, Mr. Okunlola Kolapo, said: "To us, supporting
entrepreneurship development in tertiary educational institutions is in line
with the Transformation Agenda of President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the
vision 20,2020 which we hope will put Nigeria among the 20 biggest economies by
2020."
The
chairman said TetFund believes that the introduction of entrepreneurship into
tertiary institutions will change the focus and quality of graduates and the
fortunes of Nigeria by giving tomorrow employers the training they need to
create new business prospects.
He
explained that with the theme of the workshop, strengthening the delivery of
entrepreneurship education of lecturers will help prepare them for the future
of the country in line with the global trend of entrepreneurship as a major
component of economic growth ad equipping the graduate to embrace the latest Jobs in Nigeria.
Source:
Guardian
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