The extent of entrepreneurship education in fostering entrepreneurial intentions: the case of selected Technocal and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) College, Limpopo Provonce

Most political leaders place a great premium on encouraging young people to adopt an entrepreneurial mindset because they believe that doing so will help to lower the high rates of youth unemployment. To increase the number of Tertiary students who are interested in starting their own businesses or to lessen the number of young people looking for work, the government has been implementing entrepreneurship education programs to Tertiary Institutions in South Africa. The purpose of this study was to better understand how entrepreneurship education at selected TVET colleges can affect learner’s entrepreneurship intentions. A qualitative research methodology was used for this investigation. Structured interviews were conducted with 8 participants from selected TVET College, . The interviews were coded for easy analysis and analysed using ATLAS, ti. Results of this study indicated that entrepreneurship education can favourably influence TVET students’ aspiration to become entrepreneurs. This study showed that to develop students’ entrepreneurial zeal and form entrepreneurial Competency the entrepreneurship curriculum in selected TVET College needs to be improved

Author dc:creator

• Tshisevhe, Livhuwani

Advisors dc:contributor.advisor

• Chiliya, Norman
• Zindiye, S.

• Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship education
• Entrepreneurial intention
• Entrepreneurial knowledge
• UCTD

Statement dc:rights

• University of Venda

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en

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https://univendspace.univen.ac.za/handle/11602/2716

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oai:univendspace.univen.ac.za:11602/2716