IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES COMMISSION ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION CURRICULUM IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE SCHOOLS IN NIGERIA

This study examines the implementation of the NUC curriculum contents on entrepreneurship education in library and information science Schools in the universities in North-West states of Nigeria, The study adopts a survey research design and questionnaire was used as instrumentfor data collection. The population of the study was made up of the academic staff and students ofLIS Schools in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Umaru Musa Yar'adua University, Katsina. However; 29 academic staff and 283 students were selected as sample for the study, two research questions were formulated and tested. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse the data collected. The study established, among other things, that there is some level of compliance with the National Universities Commission Standard on Entrepreneurship Education in the Library and Information Science Schools studied. But the partial implementation of the NUC content area affect the graduates'entrepreneurial skills upon completion oftheir programmes and that contribute to the unemployment in Nigeria. The study recommends for the full implementation of NUC entrepreneurship education course contents.