Arising from the stark reality of the unemployment rate amongst Nigerian graduates, and the slow industrial growth due to a lack of sustainable economic practices based on innovative, creative, and value-added products and services development, the National Universities Commission (NUC) introduced entrepreneurship training as a prerequisite to the award of degrees in Nigerian universities. Delta State University established the Centre for Entrepreneurship Studies in 2013 in compliance with the National University Commission (NUC) Minimum Benchmark directive. Over the years, the Centre has grown with a highly equipped permanent training Centre in Abraka main campus and the Oleh campus. Through these available facilities, the Centre has conscientiously and sustainably interpreted NUC’s policy on Entrepreneurship training as a compulsory course in student’s curriculum at the 200 and 300 levels (CES 211, Valued Addition and Enterprise Creation and CES 311, Skill Acquisition). The Centre has successfully graduated its first set of seven (7) students (stream I), thirty-eight (38) students (stream II) and currently training thirty-five (35) stream III students.
Directors of the Centre Since Inception
Prof. B. Ejechi 2013 – 2015
Prof. O. D. Egonwa 2015 – 2018
Prof. U.N.O Edewor 2018 – 2022