REPOSITIONING HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS FOR YOUTH EMPOWERMENT IN RIVERS STATE

Abstract

The paper critically examined repositioning human resource management in entrepreneurship education in tertiary institutions for youth empowerment in Rivers State. The aim of entrepreneurship education is to equip the youths with appropriate skills needed in making them self-reliant in order to reduce the rate of unemployment as witnessed among the teeming youths of different states.  The paper perused the concepts of management, youth empowerment, entrepreneurship education, human resource management and human resource management in entrepreneurship education. It further identified the challenges of entrepreneurship education and made the following recommendations; the government should carry out a pilot test using some selected institutions to prepare and arm them with vital information about the programme, instructional materials for the smooth running of the programme should be supplied to aid quality implementation of the programme, government should employ teachers who are vocationally and technically trained to handle entrepreneurship studies amongst others.