OBJECTIVES OF BUSINESS EDUCATION FOR NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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This paper examined the objectives of business education for national development. Employment creation as a driving tool for national development as well as the role of business education in national growth and development. Federal Government of Nigeria through the National Policy on Education (2004) institutionalized the teaching of Business Education subjects at the lower, middle and upper Basic Education levels, with the hope that if properly taught at these levels, Business Education subjects will help to develop in the youth, the desired knowledge, attitudes, values, skills and competences that will make them to be useful and effective members of their society. It is believed that Business Education will help the youths to acquire social and civic literacy that will promote and enhance national development in Nigeria.
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Key words: Business Education, employment creation, national transformation
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