Background: Entrepreneurship education (EE) occupies a particularly critical space in the development strategies of emerging market countries where entrepreneurs and small businesses are required to drive economic growth job creation. In South Africa, universities technology (UoT), which provide vocation-focussed tertiary education, considered vital vehicles EE. Aim: Institutions educators chal...

Public policy statements on enterprise and entrepreneurship education have emphasised its importance in relation to the promotion of economic growth, community development and resilience. However, there is continuing debate over the nature, scope and effectiveness of existing approaches. For example, a recent United Kingdom government study found that while there is evidence of an overall stren...

The study was conducted to investigate the contribution of entrepreneurship education in technical training colleges in enhancing management skills of informal sector entrepreneurs in Kenya. A case study of informal sector operators in Nairobi was conducted. Qualitative data was collected using indepth interviews and observations. The data was analyzed using the grounded theory. Findings of the...

This paper, based on the results of a multi-country study, emphasises on the development and growth of a culture specific and customized entrepreneurship education within universities so as to make them powerful engines of economic development. Taking the example of the University of the South Pacific (covering 12 Pacific Island Countries having different languages and diverse cultures), a few ...

Given entrepreneurs’ special role in the economic growth and development, many developed and developing countries are attempting to motivate more number of people who have entrepreneurial characteristics towards entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activities. The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of entrepreneurship training courses in Ilam Province, Iran. In this researc...

s ta n da r d t o o l s f o r t e ac h i n g entrepreneurship generally include case studies, business plans and computer simulations. The article presented here reports on classroom experimentations conducted in different European contexts using repertory grids, the methodological tool of Personal Construct Theory (p c t) in entrepreneurship teaching. The innovative entrepreneurship pedagogy i...

The National Education Policy 2020 is a fantastic move by the Indian government to transform educational system. aim make higher education more multidisciplinary and comprehensive like making curriculum adaptable, developing e-courses in regional languages, introducing skill-development course are appreciated. However, policy does not specifically mention intellectual property, innovation, entr...

Given entrepreneurs’ special role in the economic growth and development, many developed and developing countries are attempting to motivate more number of people who have entrepreneurial characteristics towards entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial activities. The purpose of this research was to study the effectiveness of entrepreneurship training courses in Ilam Province, Iran. In this researc...

Curriculum construction is the key factor in determining quality of education. The innovation and entrepreneurship course clusters have effectively upgraded courses terms talent cultivation, resource integration, educational practice. In response to existing problems difficulties agricultural forestry universities, suggestions measures are proposed from macro-, meso-, micro-level perspectives r...

The main objective of this study was to provide a contribution to the entrepreneurship education field through evaluating and describing changes in students’ attitudes towards entrepreneurship. A pre-test and post-test design was used to evaluate a course design where sport psychology was the main topic with an embedded element of entrepreneurship education. The course was part of university pr...