Abstract
There is general agreement that attitudes towards the entrepreneurial activity, and its social function is determinant factors for university students to decide an entrepreneurial career. This study focuses on the impact of entrepreneurship education on student’s motivation and skills towards enterprise education in Mardan. The study was conducted to find out the attitude, motivation, and skills of young student’s towards starting a business. The aim of this study is to find out the impact of entrepreneurial education on students and their motivation and skills towards entrepreneurship in Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan. Data has been collected from a sample of 90 students of Management Sciences Department at AWKUM in Mardan through questionnaires. Data were collected only from Bachelors and Master’s Program Students of Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan. The result reveals that entrepreneurship and entrepreneurship education is having an impact on student’s motivation and skills.
Highlights
The term Entrepreneurship derived from a French word ‘entreprendre’ which means “to undertake”
According to Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship (Moberg et al, 2012) Entrepreneurial Education is the methods and activities of providing knowledge and experiences that persuade the students about starting a business and participate in entrepreneurial value creation process
To explore various factors which affect the provision of entrepreneurship education and student’s motivation and skills towards entrepreneurship
Summary
The term Entrepreneurship derived from a French word ‘entreprendre’ which means “to undertake”. An entrepreneur can be an innovator or a developer who recognizes and clutched opportunities; putting these possibilities into viable and marketable ideas; add value to time, effort, money or skills and creates rewards for these efforts. Joseph Schumpeter (1934) addresses that entrepreneur is the pioneer who brings change in the market by announcing a new combination. Those new combinations are in form of 1) New goods/products are being introduced. According to Danish Foundation for Entrepreneurship (Moberg et al, 2012) Entrepreneurial Education is the methods and activities of providing knowledge and experiences that persuade the students about starting a business and participate in entrepreneurial value creation process
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