UZOR, OGBONNAYA
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS EDUCATION
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
INYANG, VICTOR E. E.
DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND APPLIED ARTS
EBONYI STATE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION.
Abstract.
Education is the key to the development of any nation. It does not discriminate between sex. Entrepreneurship is a very good ingredient that gives quality education a taste. Entrepreneurship will in no small measure help the girl-child to overcome some societal problems that have not allowed her to compete favorably within the society she finds herself. Such problem as early marriage, discrimination in the workplace, societal perceptions etc. This paper looks at the issues and challenges of the girl-child, objectives of girl-child entrepreneurship education; relevance of entrepreneurship education. The researchers having x-ray some of these challenges facing the girl-child are of the opinion that the girl-child can be repositioned and made to face the world practically through entrepreneurship. The place of women (girl-child) in the development of any nation cannot be over-emphasized. Thus, the great need to reposition the girlchild through entrepreneurship.
Keywords: Role, Entrepreneurship Education, Repositioning, the Girl-Child, National Development.
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