IMPERATIVES OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATION ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT AMONG STUDENTS

Abstract

The rate of unemployment in the country has made it necessary for individuals to begin to seek to help themselves by establishing businesses of their own so as to avoid being dependants. However, the capital as well as the managerial skill required to establish and grow such business have remained a reoccurring issue. Cooperative education is, therefore, advanced as a veritable solution to the challenges encountered by would-be entrepreneurs. The main point of argument in this paper is that cooperative education is capable of ensuring entrepreneurship development among students. The paper started by discussing the concept of cooperative education and also highlighted its functionalities. The paper also examined the meaning of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship development. Finally, the paper analysed the imperatives of cooperative education on entrepreneurship development among students.