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Examining the level of Entrepreneurship education and development within the South African higher education: Towards entrepreneurial university

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  • Kgomotlokoa Linda

    (Durban University of Technology)

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In response to unemployment and socio-economic challenges in the South Africa's higher education institutions introduces entrepreneurship education (EE) with the aim to create sustainable job opportunities. However, higher education (HE) struggles to integrate EE within the university programmes and make it as practical as possible. Furthermore, fostering entrepreneurial mindset and intentions among students is not an easy task. The primary objective of this conceptual paper is to examine the level of entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurial intentions among the students within the South African higher education. We used qualitative case study methodology, to purposive select 30 articles using a google scholar search engine. The paper was driven by three research questions, namely, what is the level of entrepreneurship education among students in South African higher education? What are the entrepreneurial intentions of these students? Does the design of the EE curriculum foster students' entrepreneurial mindset and intentions? The findings identified a need to curriculum transformation that integrate EE across various disciples; not just a stand-alone module that fails to foster a broad-based entrepreneurial mindset. Furthermore, the findings shows that policy support and infrastructural development should be geared towards the growth and sustainability of EE programs and launching of innovation hubs and other support structures within universities to provide practical EE experiences. Key Words:Curriculum transformation, Entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial university, Entrepreneurial intentions and mindset, South African higher education

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  • Kgomotlokoa Linda, 2024. "Examining the level of Entrepreneurship education and development within the South African higher education: Towards entrepreneurial university," International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), Center for the Strategic Studies in Business and Finance, vol. 13(5), pages 794-802, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:rbs:ijbrss:v:13:y:2024:i:5:p:794-802
    DOI: 10.20525/ijrbs.v13i5.3558
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