FATE FOUNDATION BOSS TASKS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION.
Fate Foundation boss tasks FG on entrepreneurship education Mrs Nike Adeyemi, Executive Director, Fate Foundation, has urged the Federal Government of Nigeria to implement the teaching of entrepreneurship education in the nation’s primary schools to fast track economic growth. Adeyemi made the appeal on Monday in Lagos during a panel discussion at the launch of a Minipreneur Book. Minipreneur is a 40-page lessons and tasks book that would assist children within the ages of five to 12 years to understand entrepreneurship and business. The book was written by Mrs Olanrewaju Oniyitan, the Chief Executive Officer, W-Holistic Business Solution, a Business Development Service Provider (BDSP) for Bank of Industry (BoI). Adeyemi said that the teaching of entrepreneurship education at the primary school level, as contained in the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria(SMEDAN) MSME Policy, has yet to be fully implemented. “Most schools do not teach what should be