ENTREPRENEURIAL PERCEPTION AND MOTIVATION OF VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN PURWOKERTO

This paper is the research result that aims to describe entrepreneurial perception and motivation of vocational high school students in Purwokerto. The topic mainly brought by increasing unemployment rate Indonesia rise job competition after ASEAN Economic Community. Consequently, education role could necessarily have prepared individuals acquire industry’s qualification. However, system needs be adequately improved hone skills while making money. design quantitative method, using a survey examine students’ at two state schools author randomly took twelfth grader as sample. To analyze data, used descriptive method frequency distribution display various selection outcomes. findings show 77.8 percent respondents possess positive perception. On other side, 78.8 motivation. Nonetheless, unreadiness still becomes main roadblock, causing them choose look for over setting up business. Strategic action needed so they would not only confident but ready create opportunities field.