Ensuring Sustainable National Development In Nigeria Through Entrepreneurship Education for the Visually Impaired

Abstract

The question of sustainable national development in Nigeria especially with the full participation of the visually impaired has continued to generate a lot of interest. This is more so in the wake of widely held belief that this category of exceptional persons do not seem to be capable of contributing meaningfully to the development of the nation. This paper attempts to identify, examine and discuss some of the issues involved when considering the feasibility of ensuring sustainable national development in the country through entrepreneurship education for the visually impaired. These include an overview of the essential elements for national development, the concept of entrepreneurship education, the visually impaired as deficit units and involving them in entrepreneurship education. It fitrther examines the benefits of involving the visually impaired in entrepreneurship education, the problems that may militate against the provision of entrepreneurship education for the visually impaired in Nigeria and oflers usefitl suggestions and/or recommendations on how best to achieve success in ensuring sustainable national development in the country through this novel enterprise for the visually impaired.