Entrepreneurship development process in formal education framework: A review

Pages: 397-399
Shweta Gupta (Indian Institute of Management, Indore, Madhya Pradesh)
S. K. Kashyap (Department of Agricultural Communication, GB Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand)

A significant rise has been observed in the count of entrepreneurship centres, journals, courses being taught, higher education institutes offering courses on entrepreneurship, and endowed positions since the 1990s. Entrepreneurs born or made, entrepreneurship can be taught or not. These are the questions which have been into debate and discussion for long. But within the debate of what can be taught within the realm of entrepreneurship education and what not, it becomes imperative to understand the key aspects of entrepreneurship development, the need of entrepreneurship, the purpose entrepreneurial ventures are supposed to fulfill, and then design and develop the educational programs accordingly. Therefore, to have entrepreneurship education fulfill the desired objectives, the policy makers, government, educators, academic institutions will need to reform and redesign the entrepreneurship curriculum and educational structure.