Responsible Education, Learning and Teaching in Emerging Economies (Jun 2023)

Efforts to Grow Entrepreneurship among Students

  • Rahmat Jaya,
  • Boy Firmansyah,
  • Haviza Rifiyanti,
  • Ari Kurniawan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.26710/relate.v5i1.2659
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1

Abstract

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Previous research has proven that universities producing graduates have experienced a significant increase from time to time, and employment is very small due to very high unemployment in Indonesia, reaching 10-11% and including the intellectual unemployed, namely college alumni. To anticipate unemployment, it is necessary to develop entrepreneurship among students There are several solutions to foster entrepreneurship among students, namely: (1) including entrepreneurship courses in the curriculum of each study program at tertiary institutions (2) developing an Integrated Work-Learning Program, namely an educational program that combines learning and entrepreneurship (3) cooperation with MSMEs; (4) Entrepreneurship Empowerment; and (5) Maximizing student performance in accordance with their skills and disciplines. Several factors that can influence entrepreneurial success that is: (1) having high commitment and strong determination; (2) ambitious to seek opportunities; (3) have high morale and not easily give up; (4) strong self-confidence; (5) have high creativity; (6) have the ability to see the future with proper planning; (7) resistant to risk and uncertainty; (8) has the ability to lead people

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