How the Universities help students to become Entrepreneur.
What is Entrepreneurship Education?
Entrepreneurship education focuses on the development of practical skills, which will help students lead an outstanding life in a rapidly changing world.
It teaches us as students following most important life sklis to survive as an Entrepreneur.
1.How to work and cooperate with the team
2.How to speak in public and prepare an effective presentation
3.How to collect and analyze data
4.How to solve practical and complex problems without clear answers
5.How to use curiosity and creativity to find innovative ways to solve problems
How the University help us to achieve that goal?
Link Curricula to Real-World Challenges
By linking courses to real-life business challenges, universities can improve their degrees. In our university we were given basics of business accounting as well as There is a Special domain called Buisness engineering application domain to give knowledge related to business and related things. The most special course module is Personal Progress and Development I & II course modules are fully developed related to these kind of topics. In there they gave us knowledge related to Personality development & Personal branding, Leadership, Team building, Personal goal setting, Personal grooming, Communication & Presentation skills, Time management, First-aid & Life support, Etiquette, Social & physical environmental sensitivity and etc.
Create Opportunities for Students to Participate in Social Entrepreneurship Contests
There is nothing more attractive and hands-on than letting students participate in a certain type of entrepreneurial and innovative competition.Ideally, if the entrepreneurial competition is organize by an organization or university and student groups can compete with each other. In addition, a group of organizations can get together to sponsor such competitions. Most recently, they encourage us to participate us to participate Ecovation Awards 2021, IEEE Invoation Nation and many more ideathons and etc.
Focus More on Case Studies
Case studies are an effective way to stimulate students’ curiosity and make them face the real industry environment. By studying past or current company success stories and operational obstacles, students can gain a deeper understanding of the processes and procedures followed by executives when making decisions.
As well as in our university our curriculum is mostly dependent on case studies in teaching methods as well as student evaluation methods (Exams). It will gain lots of experience to handle current situations according to the given factors.
Invite Business Executives to Deliver Lectures
Our University occasionally invites business executives and asks them to teach about entrepreneurship, make a presentation, or share their experiences with students. Most recently Mr. Amodh Jayasinghe conducts a session on Traits of an Entrepreneur and also this article is also a result of that session.
Benefits of Entrepreneurship Education for Students
PREPARE STUDENTS FOR AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE.
We are living in an era of unprecedented global and technological change.
Therefore, we cannot accurately predict what students need to know after graduation. Entrepreneurship-focused programs teach students important life skills that will help them through this uncertain future.
LEAVE ROOM FOR CREATIVITY AND COLLABORATION.
Entrepreneurship education encourages creativity, innovation, and collaboration. These qualities are highly praised by the world’s top universities and will provide services for your children after graduating from junior high school and high school.
TEACH PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION.
In the real world, problems can only be solved if they are correctly identified and described. Entrepreneurship education teaches children to discover problems they have never encountered before. This skill will be very useful in the world of tomorrow.
