The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurship Intention among Students of Higher Learning Institutions of Middle Gujarat

Abstract

The study essentially sought to determine the existence or otherwise of entrepreneurial intentions among the students. Sufficient emphasis needs to be placed on entrepreneurship education and practical entrepreneurship schemes (such as mentorship programmes, Govt. Support and Loan schemes by Banks) if developing countries are to realize the goal of having a productive and virile youth population, which would represent a significant shift from today’s yawning youth unemployment position. The study collected data in a cross-sectional manner from a random sample of 50 students drawn from a CHARUSAT. In analyzing the data, there was recourse to the use of descriptive as well as inferential statistics. Interestingly, results show no statistically significant relationships between students’ entrepreneurial intention and selected sociodemographic variables such as age, gender, culture, etc. While we acknowledge that the results of this study emerged from a sample of 50 students of a particular university and therefore betray the concept of generalization, we are equally confident that the findings have significant implications for developing economies.