scholarly journals Perceptions of National Service Personnel and Youth Unemployment: Could Entrepreneurship Education and Curricula Rationalization be the Solution?

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
National Service ◽  
Service Personnel

scholarly journals Can Education for Sustainable Development Change Entrepreneurship Education to Deliver a Sustainable Future?

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
Glenn Strachan
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Action Plan ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Education For Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Systems ◽  
Sustainable Entrepreneurship ◽  
Sustainable Future ◽  
Development Change ◽  
Sustainability Challenges

Abstract An objective of the European Union’s Entrepreneurship 2020 Action Plan is to address high levels of youth unemployment in Europe by promoting entrepreneurship. Implementing entrepreneurship education in schools, colleges and universities is one of three strategic interventions proposed by the Action Plan. Sustainable entrepreneurship is a recognised branch of the wider field of entrepreneurship and the literature on sustainable entrepreneurship sees it as a means of addressing some of the sustainability challenges of the 21st century. This article compares the pedagogical approaches and the competences of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development) with those of entrepreneurship education to identify how ESD might influence entrepreneurship education in order to develop entrepreneurs that contribute to a sustainable future. This comparison is placed in the context of the broader debate on the need to transform the dominant neo-liberal economic systems as part of the precondition for achieving a more sustainable future.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship education as human capital: Implications for youth self-employment and conflict mitigation in Sub-Saharan Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-54 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paschal Anosike
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Secondary School Curriculum ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Capital Development

Previous research has focused on stable developed economies to predict that human capital and entrepreneurship education (EE) provision at the higher education (HE) level will positively affect entrepreneurial success. This article draws on the outcome of recent EE projects in two HE institutions in a conflict-torn northern Nigeria as a proxy to advocate the introduction of entrepreneurship as a compulsory component into the secondary school curriculum in Sub-Saharan Africa. Using semi-structured interview data, it is found that the provision of EE at secondary education level could help to facilitate human capital development and assist efforts to curb youth unemployment. Specifically, the study suggests that EE comprises both generic and specific human capital that increases an individual’s ability to identify and exploit opportunities, particularly for young people, and in doing so helps to reduce their vulnerability to poverty and involvement in armed conflict. Suggestions for future research and policy considerations are provided.

scholarly journals A Capability Approach to Entrepreneurship Education: The Sprouting Entrepreneurs Programme in Rural South African Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-133
Author(s):  
Matthias Forcher-Mayr ◽  
Sabine Mahlknecht
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Capability Approach ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Rural Poverty ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
The Sustainable Development ◽  
Life Challenges ◽  
Development Goals

AbstractSprouting Entrepreneurs is a three-year teaching programme for rural primary and secondary schools that focuses on entrepreneurship in agriculture. It addresses the South African real-life challenges of food insecurity, youth unemployment and rural poverty from a classroom perspective, by linking agriculture, food and entrepreneurship as main learning areas. This paper outlines the programme in its local social and economic context. It argues for the need for a concept of entrepreneurship education that views opportunities in the context of young people’s positive freedoms. Its didactical model combines the EntreComp framework with the capability approach developed by Amartya Sen and others. It emphasises the role of capabilities or freedoms in developing and implementing ideas that create value for others. The Sustainable Development Goals form a medium of learning.

Counselling and Psychological Strategies for Improved Entrepreneurial Tendencies in the Nigerian Military

2021 ◽  
pp. 148-168
Author(s):  
Mogbekeloluwa Oluyinka Fakokunde
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Training ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Psychological Issues ◽  
Service Personnel ◽  
Military Career

This chapter examines post-retirement career pathways of ex-service personnel in the Nigerian military via entrepreneurship activities. One of the measures taken to assist ex-service personnel get adjusted into the civil life is the establishment of vocational training, which helps to facilitate viable entrepreneurial events. However, there are psychological issues that must be tackled in order to effectively transit into entrepreneurship. The chapter, therefore, looks at these issues to address the concept of entrepreneurship and its tendencies in the Nigerian military. The findings suggest that objectives and components of entrepreneurship education being advocated should be given to personnel early enough and throughout their military career.

scholarly journals Entrepreneurship Education’s Influence on Learner’s Entrepreneurship Intention in South African Schools

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven S. Tshehla ◽  
Kudakwashe Chodokufa ◽  
King Costa
Keyword(s):  
Experiential Learning ◽  
South African ◽  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Business People ◽  
New Business ◽  
Global Concern ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The City

Youth unemployment remains a South African problem and a global concern. Entrepreneurial activity enables people to identify opportunities and start new business ventures helping in addressing Youth unemployment. This study focuses on assessing the influence of entrepreneurship education on the learners’ intention towards entrepreneurship careers in high schools. A quantitative study was conducted consisting of 240 grade 12 learners with entrepreneurship education from the three townships in the City of Tshwane namely Mamelodi, Atteridgeville and Soshanguve. A structured close-ended questionnaire was used to collect data. Data was analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS software. Findings have proven a relationship between theoretical education and experiential learning with learners’ intention towards entrepreneurship, with experiential learning significantly influencing the development of entrepreneurship intention in learners. Hence, to improve effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in high school learners, there should be emphasis on experiential learning. Study further indicated that entrepreneurship as a subject has an influence on the choice of entrepreneurship as a career. It is for this reason that learners should interaction with business people globally in order to gain exposure to people who have succeeded by taking entrepreneurship as a career.

scholarly journals ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: A REMEDY TO YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT IN NIGERIA

2021 ◽  
pp. 33-42
Author(s):  
AKINPADE OYEJOKE
Keyword(s):  
Youth Unemployment ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Financial Assistance ◽  
Youth Employment ◽  
Entrepreneurial Education ◽  
Developing Nation ◽  
Entrepreneurial Ventures ◽  
Economic Stimulation

In a developing nation, entrepreneurship education has been and would likewise continue to be a great economic stimulation to serve as a remedy to the youth unemployment in Nigeria. This paper focused on entrepreneurship education as a remedy to youth unemployment. Some issues discussed include the youth unemployment, causes of youth unemployment, effects of youth unemployment, the concepts of entrepreneur, importance of entrepreneurship education as a remedy to youth employment, as well as often encountered challenges of entrepreneurial education and the strategies/solutions for effective entrepreneurship education. On the basis of these and other auxiliary discourses, conclusion was reached and recommendations were raised for consideration. These include a call for all stakeholders to allow the entrepreneurship education to reach out to the youth, regardless of theirethnic, cultural, religious, geographical or political affiliations by establishing good scheme aimed at encouraging youths to spend their free times positively. Finally, government should create friendly, social political and economic environments so as to encourage investors in entrepreneurial ventures with good financial assistance and motivation.

The role of national service in enhancing employability skills of tertiary graduates in Ghana: a case of national service personnel in the Central Region

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Moses Segbenya ◽  
Nana Yaw Oppong ◽  
Sally Abena Baafi-Frimpong
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Central Region ◽  
Survey Design ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Original Research ◽  
National Service ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Personnel ◽  
The Government

PurposeOne of the means to enhance the employability skills of tertiary graduates transiting into the job market has been the compulsory national service instituted by the Government of Ghana. The purpose of this study, therefore, is to examine the contribution of the mandatory national service to enhance the employability of tertiary graduates in Ghana.Design/methodology/approachThe study used the longitudinal descriptive survey design to sample 375 national service personnel (2018 and 2019 batches) of 13,874 service personnel posted to the Central Region of Ghana, and 31 employers.FindingsThe study found human relation, communication and experience to enter the job market were perceived higher by tertiary graduates in Ghana. It was also found that the preferred employers amongst tertiary graduates were the government, multinational companies and public schools. Skills mismatch between the acquired skills of tertiary graduates and the skills required by employers was also found. Responsible factor identified was the posting of personnel for national service without considering their academic background and future job aspirations. Tertiary graduates transiting into the job market after the national service preferred to be employed by the government because of the lack of entrepreneurial skills.Practical implicationsTherefore, it was recommended that the national service secretariat post national service personnel to organisations that reflect personnel's career aspiration.Originality/valueThis is original research carried out by the researchers and was not sponsored by any organisation/institution.

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