ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION FOR ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTHS IN ENUGU STATE

This study was designed to investigate entrepreneurship education for economic empowerment of out-of-school youths in Enugu State. The specific purposes of the study were to identify the types of entrepreneurship education programmes for economic empowerment of out-of-school youths in Enugu state; determine the extent to which entrepreneurship education enhance production potentials of out-of-school youths in Enugu state; determine the extent to which entrepreneurship education enhance skill acquisition among out-of-school youths in Enugu state; determine the extent to which entrepreneurship education enhance marketing potentials of out-of-school youths in Enugu State; ascertain the factors militating against the entrepreneurial education programme for economic empowerment of out-of-school youths in Enugu state; and examine the strategies for enhancing entrepreneurship education programme for economic empowerment of out-of-school youths in Enugu State. The study was guided by 6 research questions and two null hypotheses. The design of the study was a descriptive survey design. Simple random sampling technique was used in drawing the sample composition of the study. The population of this study comprised eight thousand seven hundred and ninety (8,790) male and female members of one hundred and fifteen (115) registered youth Organizations in Enugu state.