Community education is an education process that enables members of a community to identify their needs/problems and proffer solutions using locally available resources. Rural communities in Nigeria remain the central base of natural resources and producers of raw materials. Most of the necessary prerequisite needed to set up a vibrant entrepreneurial skill acquisition centre for a small scale business is available in the rural communities – land, labour, manpower, resources etc. but the problem lies in lack of awareness and inadequate knowledge or information on how to harness and mobilise these potentials to boost entrepreneurial skills. This paper is a theoretical highlight on the relevance of community education for entrepreneurship development in rural communities. The paper adopts the descriptive research method. Data used were mostly generated from secondary sources such as journals, conference papers, articles, books, websites and other texts etc. The paper highlights the nature of Nigerian rural communities, relevance of community education in entrepreneurship development and the strategies through which entrepreneurship can be enhanced in rural communities. The paper finally recommends among others that entrepreneurship development should be a component of any community education programme especially in rural areas.