ABSTRACT
In Nigeria however, entrepreneurship development centres (EDCs) have been created in universities, colleges and polytechnics to provide hands-on entrepreneurship education (EE) that would help reduce youth unemployment, boost employability skills, stimulate wealth creation and increase the chances of economic growth and development. Several studies in Nigeria have explored the philosophy, policy thrust and relevance of entrepreneurship education, but very few works focused on the impact of EDCs and operational barriers facing the teaching of entrepreneurship education. In bridging the gap in the literature, the chapter investigates the barriers to EE run by the EDCs in the Nigeria's higher education institutions (HEIs). To objectively investigate the barriers to EE run by the EDCs in the Nigeria's HEIs, with a view to coming up with evidence-based findings, the author adopted positivist paradigm, which entails preference for a quantitative research method and survey research design. EDCs are established by universities and other levels of HEIs to deepen entrepreneurial attitudes, spirits and mindsets among students and members of society.
