Entrepreneurship Education: Remedy to Graduates’ Unemployment in Sub-Saharan Countries

Abstract

Abstract Entrepreneurship Education is one of the most current method for increasing the quality and number of entrepreneurs, resulting in employment creation and economic empowerment of graduates.This chapter describes the importance of Entrepreneurship Education in remedying unemployment particularly in developing countries, such as Lesotho. The National University is used as a case study because it has recently introduced Entrepreneurship Education for all the university faculties with the aim to reduce high unemployment rate faced by graduates in Lesotho. The results of the secondary literature review depict that there is more pressure on universities to implement Entrepreneurship Education practices in their curriculum to combat high unemployment rate amongst the graduates. Research has shown that entrepreneurship education plays a vital role in unemployment reduction and support wealth creation, therefore, it becomes mandatory for all universities to ensure full implementation of the programme and skill acquisition in training students not just in theory but in practice. It is recommended that Government policies should put in place policies that will promote entrepreneurship and SMME’s in Lesotho.