The study examined entrepreneurial skills required of business education graduates for sustainable livelihood through investment in small-scale business as perceived by business educators in Colleges of Education, Delta State. Two research questions and two hypotheses guided the study. The study adopted the descriptive survey research design. The study population comprised 113 business educators in three (3) Colleges of Education in Delta State. Since the population was sizeable, there was no sampling. A researcher-developed questionnaire titled "Entrepreneurial Skills Required of Business Education Graduates Questionnaire (ESRBEGQ)" was used to collect data. The 15 questionnaire items used in this study were structured using a four-point response scale. The draft of the instrument was given to three experts who are lecturers in the Department of Educational Foundations to ascertain the face validity of the instrument. With the help of two research assistants, the researcher administered 113 copies of the instrument and retrieved 108 copies used for analysis. The data collected were analyzed using mean and standard deviation, while the ttest was used to test the null hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. For the research questions, the decision was based on the criterion mean of 2.50. The findings of the study revealed that, to a great extent, risktaking/adaptation skills and creative thinking skills are required of business education graduates for sustainable livelihood through investment in the small-scale business as perceived by business educators in Colleges of Education, Delta State. The study recommends, among other things, that business education students in Colleges of Education should be regularly exposed to entrepreneurial skills acquisition centers within the neighborhood for practical knowledge of entrepreneurial skills relevant to the economic needs of the immediate environment.

Keywords : Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurial Skills, Business Education, Small Scale business.