Effective implementation of entrepreneurship education curriculum in Nigeria Colleges of education for job creation and sustainable development

Entrepreneurial education is a vital tool for fostering job creation and sustainable development. It is an important part of the Nigerian education system. This paper explores the structure, implementation, challenges, and future prospects of entrepreneurship education in Nigeria colleges of education. A total of 85 articles were reviewed which involves systematic steps to ensure a comprehensive and unbiased synthesis of available literature adopting a well-defined scope which ensures that the review focused on relevant sources which were identified and gathered using databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, JSTOR, and Scopus to find peer-reviewed journal articles, books, reports, and conference papers. The study found that effective implementation of entrepreneurship education curriculum in Nigeria colleges of education has brought about job creation and sustainable development to an extent which could improve with time. The study also found that the use of entrepreneurial curriculum in colleges of education entrepreneurship program has a positive impact on students' intention to pursue entrepreneurial ventures. The study therefore recommended that colleges of education policy makers should focus rigorously on the development of entrepreneurship curriculum centered towards playing crucial roles of fostering creativity, resilience, and business acumen among students where strategic reforms in curriculum design, teaching methodologies, and policy frameworks can significantly enhance the effectiveness of the entrepreneurship educational program in Nigeria toward sustainable development.