APPLICATION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: A PANACEA FOR EFFECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOLS MANAGEMENT IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is a dynamic process of vision, change and creation. Indeed, at this period of national emergency and high rate of unemployment, the necessity to look for solutions becomes more than inevitable. Entrepreneurship over the past several years has become of growing importance to most nations of the world because of its contribution towards the identification of young, prospective entrepreneurs, their training and development towards being self employed, thereby reducing the number of unemployed youths. This paper deals with the application of entrepreneurship management for effective school administration. In the discussion, the paper focuses on the principals' role in the following areas building trust, applying visionary leadership, communicating properly; improving themselves, role models to the school community and bearing risk that are innovative for effective management. The paper reveals that principals do not use their initiatives to map out strategies to improve their schools. Also, many principals still see their work as "business as usual" instead of "business unusual" which entrepreneurship management is all about. The implication of this study is that principals should be at alert to discover new ways of managing secondary school for maximizing productivity and realizing organizational goals. The study recommends that the principal should use indices of entrepreneurship management while carrying out his or her administrative tasks for effectiveness of the job.