ACHIEVING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) THROUGH EFFECTIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA

This study was carried out to determine strategies for achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through effective Entrepreneurship Education programme in South-East, Nigeria. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. A survey research design was used for the study. The population for the study consisted of 80 Business Educators from Federal and State owned universities in South-East. There was no sampling because the population size was not too large. A-20 item structured questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts; while Cronbach Alpha was used to determine its reliability coefficient with an overall index value of 0.80. Mean with standard deviation was used to answer the research questions, while the null hypotheses were tested at 0.05 level of significant using t-test statistic. Findings showed that institutional and Lecturers related strategies are needed to achieve sustainable development Goals through effective Entrepreneurship Education programme in South-East. Again, there was no significant difference between the mean responses of Business Educators in Federal and State owned universities on institutional and Lecturers related strategies respectively for achieving SDGs. Based on the findings, it was recommended among others that, there should be constant review of Entrepreneurship Education curriculum to meet global goals.