Entrepreneurship Development through Vocational Education Training: Issues and Roles in Skills Acquisition and Manpower Development in a Developing Economy

Abstract

Institutions all over the world are being asked to organize their students for the jobs of tomorrow, make them to be creative, responsible citizens, contribute to economic growth and development of their nations and vocational education training has an important role to play in this process. The multidisciplinary nature of vocational education training and its evidently close links to the world of work make it one of the aspects of education that contribute most to the training of skilled labour and give both young people and adults the knowledge required to ply a trade. For many, it is a passport to employment and an opportunity for social development.  However, this aspect of education, which supports entrepreneurship development, is facing many challenges to prepare a sufficient number of people with the right skills to meet the labour market demands. This paper therefore, presents entrepreneurship development through vocational education training. It also presented its roles in skills acquisition, manpower development in a developing economy. It discussed the concepts of skills acquisition, and manpower development. The paper also identified the manor challenges facing vocational education training, which also affects entrepreneurship development and concludes by suggesting way forward.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Development, Skills Acquisition, Manpower Development