Non-Formal Educational Empowerment of Nigeria Youths for Entrepreneural Development

Abstract

The various educational planning and development strategies adopted, particularly in developing countries in the decades of the “60s and 70s” and the resultant unsatisfactory social, political, and economic effects they engendered lead to the emergency of an innovative and flexible educational concept: non formal education. Non-formal education opens one’s intellectual capacity in the acquisition of competences and skills necessary to handle effectively the forces of nature. It arouses and empowers the spirits of research and entrepreneurship among Nigerian youths that engender self-reliance. This paper, therefore, discussed the concept of non-formal education, entrepreneurship and development, non-formal educational empowerment of youths for entrepreneurship, and then made some recommendations that will help the youths acquire the desired entrepreneurial skills for self and national development.