Prof Gregory Ibe, the Chancellor and Founder of Gregory University, Uturu, Abia, has advocated the introduction of entrepreneurship studies into the nation’s primary school curriculum.
He made the call in an interview with newsmen in Umuahia last Friday, saying that the development would help to inculcate critical skills in the school children.
Ibe, a professor of entrepreneurship, said Nigeria was in dire need of the type of education that would enhance creativity and ideas among the younger generation of students.
He said: “While I was consulting for the Federal Government, I had the privilege of working with the Nigerian Universities Commission to develop a curriculum on entrepreneurship course in the universities across the country.
“I wrote about 42 hands-on training modules on 42 skill areas and they wwere used by the United Nations to establish 547 skills acquisition centres in 547 Local Government Areas of the country.
The strength of our institution is in science and technology, we are a skilled university, graduating our scholars so that they can partake in the world of work.
“My job is to make a change in the youths of this country, to impart training and skills to all of them.”
The chancellor advised students to acquire basic skills, irrespective of their field of study in order to enable them to become job creators rather than job-seekers.