Abstract
The paper is an expository of the current practices on implementation of
Education Reform Policy on acquisition of entrepreneurship skills in Federal
Institutions in Akoka Lagos, Nigeria. It investigates the current participation in
entrepreneurship ventures among undergraduate. Using both qualitative and
quantitative descriptive survey designs. The study involved one hundred and
twenty-four (124) respondents from various disciplines in Sciences and
Technology Education degree programmes run in the two Federal Institutions
at Akoka Campus. Simple percentages were used to process the data collected
by hand. The result of the study reveals levels of participation of
undergraduate students in various entrepreneurial skills while schooling. It
also reveals benefits accrued from engagement in entrepreneurial skill
acquisition by students as well as levels of desire to continue entrepreneurship
ventures for livelihood after graduation. Results confirmed that all concerned
undergraduates of the Institutions participated in one venture or the other. The
paper recommended among others that the government should allocate in
budget special fund for practical entrepreneurship education and training in
tertiary Institutions.