Abstract

Entrepreneurship is a lifelong learning process lasting through all levels of formal and informal
education. In this way, students will be exposed to skills that will enable them to develop the insight needed to
develop the abilities to start and run their businesses successfully. Therefore, it is important to have an effective
method that focuses on programmes and training of students as prospective entrepreneurs to develop skills even
outside their areas of specialization. There is a growing interest in social innovation for tackling social
problems across the globe. Meanwhile in Nigeria, very few studies have examined the effect of social innovation
dimensions (educational innovation, entrepreneurship education, digital innovation and agricultural
innovation) on graduate entrepreneurship. Thus, this study focuses on the need to address the gap in the
literature. The target population was 2019 Batch C Youth Corps Members in Nigeria. A self-developed
questionnaire was self-administered to respondents in six states selected from the six geopolitical zones in
Nigeria. Data collected were analysed using multiple linear regression. Result of the analysis revealed that
there is a collective significant effect of social innovation dimensions on graduate entrepreneurship (F(4, 510)
= 35.081, p<0 xss=removed> significant effect on graduate entrepreneurship while entrepreneurship education and agricultural innovation
have positive but insignificant effect on graduate entrepreneurship in Nigeria. Hence, the study recommends
that the government should support, finance, and develop policies that will encourage the development of social
innovation in schools to enhance graduate entrepreneurship.