International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review
 

International Journal of Academic Research in Education and Review

Vol. 6(4), pp. 73-77. October, 2018.

ISSN: 2360-7866

DOI: 10.14662/IJARER2018.012

Full Length Research

Entrepreneurial / Functional Education: A Vital Tool for Human Resource Development

¹Dr. Justina Lere Charles-Zalakoro, ²Mrs. Mary Agih and ³Beetseh, Kwaghga

¹Department of Teacher Education Faculty of Education,Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Amassoma, Bayelsa State. E-mail: lerezalakoro@gmail.com

²Department of Teacher Education Faculty of Education,Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island Amassoma, Bayelsa State. 2E-mail: agihmary@yahoo.com

³Library Department, University of Agriculture Makurdi, PMB 2373 Benue State Nigeria.

Corresponding author’s E-mail: beetsekwaghga@gmail.com/beetse.kwaghga@uam.edu.ng

Accepted 16 October 2018

Entrepreneurship implies the willingness and the ability of an individual to seek investment opportunities in an environment and be able to establish and run an enterprise successfully based on identified opportunity. A social environment can be transformed if the students and youths are motivated and encouraged on entrepreneurial education and abilities on a continuous and functional training and development; since functional education is an instructional strategy that integrates the teaching of literacy, skills and job content to move learners more successfully and quickly towards their educational and employment goals. This paper looks at entrepreneurship, functional education, characteristics of successful entrepreneurship, concept of functional education and sustainable entrepreneur/functional education for human resource development. It is recommended that government should provide an entrepreneurial village to train and develop young people on entrepreneurship. Government should do all it takes to encourage, motivate, build and promote an enabling environment that allows healthy competitiveness, inventiveness, creativeness and self-reliance for sustainable economic development.

Keywords: entrepreneurial / functional education, human resource development and sustainable entrepreneur

Cite This Article As: Charles-Zalakoro, J.L., Agih M., Beetseh, K. (2018). Entrepreneurial / Functional Education: A Vital Tool for Human Resource Development. Inter. J. Acad. Res. Educ. Rev. 6(4): 73-77