Pioneering Pathways: Unveiling the Impact of School Education in Cultivating an Entrepreneurial Spirit among Secondary School Students

Abstract

Entrepreneurship education is a vital part of the education system. It has been shown that entrepreneurship education has a positive impact on the development of a start-up culture among students. However, the great majority of young people in India, who possess latent entrepreneurial potential, are leaving college without the fundamental skills required for entrepreneurship. The study examines student’s capacity for entrepreneurship and the provision of entrepreneurship instruction in higher education. This study aims to examine and assess the connections between several internal characteristics found in Ajzen’s (1991) model and secondary school students’ inclination towards entrepreneurship. The results highlight students’ positive attitudes about entrepreneurship, which are evident in their subjective norms, personal attitudes and sense of behavioural control over starting a business. In addition, the study shows a gap in higher education’s entrepreneurship curriculum in contrast to students’ growing entrepreneurial potential.

Keywords

Entrepreneurial intention entrepreneurship education higher education student entrepreneurship entrepreneurship curriculum theory of planned behaviour

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