QUALITY PRINTING AND CONSISTENCY IN TEXTILE DESIGN FOR FUNCTIONAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND SELF-RELIANCE

The paper discusses the concept of entrepreneurship with the focus on textile design, which looks at fabric printing as a veritable engagement for self-reliance and economic development. It also describes the benefits derivable from the learning and practising of a vocation in textile design and screen printing, particularly on the individual who engages in the practice to tackle unemployment. The methods and practical procedures for obtaining quality-printed and consistent fabric are done and discussed lucidly with the intended beneficiaries who are students and studio practitioners. The paper concludes that consistency in printing, especially silk screen printing during reproduction, depends largely on the methods that are employed. The recommendations are that there is need for adequate funding and resuscitating of the comatose textile industry in Nigeria. The curriculum development in our tertiary institutions is to include functional educational courses such as textile design and technology, among others. Finally, the establishment of public and private entrepreneurship skills-acquisition centres, mounting of vigorous workshops and seminars in the vocational disciplines are hereby advocated.