Authors:
Okoronka, U. A, Hayatu, I. G, Waziri, K and Mohammed, A. A |
Abstract:
The paper highlighted the place of Science and Mathematics Education (SME) in entrepreneurship development. The history of SME in Nigeria was traced to the missionaries and colonial masters whose interests were geared toward producing only teachers who would help them achieve their goals. That is producing Science and Mathematics teachers who would think 'inside the box' and look up to them for employment. The paper submits that 56 years after independence, not much has changed both in terms of philosophy and goals of SME as we continue to not only teach with curricular devoid of entrepreneurship content but also to produce Science and Mathematics teachers who would only seek employment from government and others. The paper recommends among others that with the new reform of entrepreneurship education geared towards creating jobs for the teaming youth, science and mathematics curriculum and philosophy must be revisited so that training of new breed of science and mathematics teachers must think "outside the box" by virtue of the skills and knowledge they would be exposed to and in line with the demands of the labour market in entrepreneurship education |
