Authors: Malla, Naomi, Eziocha, E.u. & Levi-Iortyom, Doofan Jennifer Unwana
Abstract: The Role of Entrepreneurship Education cannot be overemphasized. Entrepreneurship education for women seeks to provide women with the knowledge, skills and motivation needed to succeed in a variety of settings especially, in the Internally Displaced persons (IDP) camps in Nigeria and Borno State precisely. This paper examined the role of entrepreneurship education in empowering the internally displaced women in IDP camps. Participant observational method and a secondary form of data collection were used to gather qualitative data in two different training occasions (those who embark on three months training and those of six months). The study reveals that entrepreneurship education is a key in empowering the internally displaced women, promotion of gender equality, and self-reliance. This research suggested that entrepreneurship education can help women in IDP camps by creating an enabling environment for women to learn and be trained. The study recommends among others, that entrepreneurship education should be part of the rehabilitation and resettlement programmes of Nigerian Governments for the Internally Displaced Persons.