| Summary: | Magister Commercii - MCom (Business and Finance) === The
youth
of
South
Africa
is
currently
faced
with
high
levels
of
unemployment
and
poverty.
This
raises
concerns
about
the
future
of
the
South
African
people
and
its
economy.
Consequently,
much
is
needed
to
develop
the
youth
to
allow
for
a
prosperous
future.
A
decrease
in
poverty
and
unemployment
was
found
to
be
linked
to
an
increase
in
education.
Entrepreneurial
education
can
have
a
significant
impact
on
entrepreneurial
success.
This
research
paper
aims
to
assess
the
influence
of
entrepreneurial
education
and
training
on
students' entrepreneurial
development.
To
ensure
a
comprehensive
assessment
of
the
development
of
students,
I
utilised
a
mixed
methodology
to
assess
students
both
quantitatively
and
qualitatively.
The
study
assessed
a
sample
of
students
from
South
Africa
and
the
United
States
of
America
who
jointly
partook
in
a
two-week
entrepreneurial
education
and
training
programme
at
TSiBA
Education,
Cape
Town,
South
Africa.
Entrepreneurial
education
and
training
had
a
positive
effect
on
the
students'
entrepreneurial
development,
entrepreneurial
orientation
and
intentions
to
start
a
business.
While
entrepreneurial
orientation
aids
the
exploitation
of
business
opportunities,
before
opportunities
can
be
exploited
they
must
be
recognised.
Bringing
into
question
the
link
between
students'
entrepreneurial
orientation
and
their
abilities
to
recognise
and
develop
opportunities
into
successful
ventures.
To
explore
this
I
interviewed
two
participants
and
found
the
high
entrepreneurially
orientated
participant
to
exhibit
greater
opportunity
recognition
and
development
abilities,
compared
to
the
low
entrepreneurially
orientated
participant.
I
concluded
by
finding
that
although
differences
do
exist
between
high
and
low
entrepreneurially
orientated
students,
entrepreneurial
education
and
training
could
positively
influence
students'
entrepreneurial
orientation
and
assist
in
the
development
of
entrepreneurs.
The
results
suggest
that
TSiBA
Education
should
attempt
to
increase
the
duration
of
the
entrepreneurial
programme
to
maximize
the
influence
of
the
entrepreneurial
education
and
training.
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