i. To encourage strong collaborative ties between academia and Industry in the area of
skilling and entrepreneurship towards creating sustainable opportunities for creativity and
innovation in Nigerian Universities;
ii. To promote the entrepreneurial university concept and foster student internship
programmes that guarantee the acquisition of specific sectorial skills for employability;
iii. To map and conduct periodic labour market survey to determine the required skills for
employability in the economy;
iv. To engage with corporate bodies; Banks, Telecommunication, etc to sponsor and brand
incubation centres as part of the entrepreneurship study centres in Nigerian Universities;
v. To facilitate the engagement with CBN, BOI, DBN, BOA, TETfund etc towards aligning the
various graduate SME loan schemes with the university entrepreneurship programmes; and
vi. To facilitate University – Industry partnerships in the areas of curriculum development and
review to embed entrepreneurship training and skills developments.

The Division is headed by Mr. Obinna Wachuku

Functions of the Division of ED

1. To encourage strong collaborative ties between Academia and Industry in the area of skilling and entrepreneurship towards creating sustainable opportunities for creativity and innovation in Nigerian Universities;

1. To promote the entrepreneurial university concept and foster student internship programmes that guarantee the acquisition of specific sectorial skills for employability;

• To engage with corporate bodies; Banks, Telecommunication, etc to sponsor and brand incubation centres as part of the entrepreneurship study centres in Nigerian Universities;

1. Work with sister agencies and stakeholders to develop a legal/administrative framework to promote quality vocational training and entrepreneurship culture in the NUS;
2. Promote a Train the Trainer certification process to enable lecturers from all universities to become entrepreneurship lecturers, able to incorporate entrepreneurship into their various disciplines;
3. Work with relevant agencies to design an orientation programme that would stimulate fresher’s creativity, innovation and sustainable interaction with skills and entrepreneurship centres;

• Promote and enhance NUS and stakeholders’ commitment and ownership of skills development and entrepreneurship initiative;
• Create a benchmark for the training of students as prospective entrepreneurs to enable them contribute to national economy development;

1. Coordinate the design and facilitation of extensive capacity building programmes for Directors and Heads of entrepreneurship centers;
2. Promote the participation of women in the workforce through adequate skilling and entrepreneurship training; and
3. Interface with the NESG and other relevant stakeholders to promote the creation of pathways that would provide seamless integration of skill acquisition and entrepreneurship training into formal education.

Units

1. Entrepreneurship Education Unit

       ii.       Small and Medium Enterprise and Driven Enterprise Unit

The Division is headed by Mrs. Favour Unuigbe

Functions of the Division of IWES

1. Periodic review of courses approved for SiWES funding in the Universities;
2. Ensuring the establishment of IWES Units in Nigerian Universities;

• Regularly reviewing courses approved for SiWES funding in the Universities;

1. Coordinating Teachers in Work Experience Scheme (TiWES) and Students in Work Experience Scheme (SiWES);
2. Encouraging Nigerian Universities to establish strong ties with Industries with a view to accepting students and teachers in industrial work experience (TIWE and SIWES); and
3. Liaising with Industrial Training Fund (ITF) for smooth running of SIWES programmes.

Units                                                                   

1. Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme Unit
2. Teachers Industrial Work Experience Scheme Unit

The Division is headed by Mrs. Victoria Akuma

Functions of the Division of UIL

1. Fostering partnership among university, industry and government, aimed at producing a workforce with requisite skills, using the Triple Helix model;                                           
2. Creating opportunities for skilling and entrepreneurial trainings for NUS that would promote the acquisition of requisite skills for graduate employability and enterprise management;                                                                                                                  
3. Mapping and conducting periodic labour market survey to determine the required skills for employability in the economy;                                                                                        
4. Promoting and strengthening sustainable linkages between Nigerian universities and industries as well as community of entrepreneurs that will be committed to skilling and entrepreneurship agenda;                                                                                    
5. Interfacing with NESG and other stakeholders to establish and maintain a database of skills needed in various sectors of the economy;                                                                    
6. Ensure strong and sustainable industrial linkages for NUS towards enhancing experiential teaching and learning, Research and Development (R&D)

Units         

1. Labour Market Observatory Unit
2. University-Industry-Community Unit