Curriculum Integration Model for Teaching Entreprenurial Skills at Senior Secondary School Level for Sustainable Employment Opportunities in Nigeria

Abstract

The implementation of the current educational system in Nigeria 6-3-3-4 as far back as 1980, was intended to device a new approach in providing an employment opportunities for the ever growing youth in Nigeria. The system in view, has all the needed characteristics to expose the senior secondary school learners with a life sustaining employment, unfortunately, for over three decades of the existence of this system (6-3-3-4) it has failed in achieving this noble objective. Greater population of secondary school leavers that could not continue with higher education due to lack of university requirement for admission or lack of the financial ability to sponsor their higher education, end up with a bleak future in our society today. Morover, the secondary school system could not provide the required training that can develop entrepreneurial skills to these children due to lack of teaching equipment, workshops in our schools. It is in recognition of these problem, this paper tries to integrate skills acquisition process that will provide the necessary entrepreneurial skills for sustainable employment opportunities in Nigeria.