ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION ECOSYSTEM: AN ASSESSMENT STUDY OF J&K STATE

Entrepreneurship education comprises of the activities mostly undertaken by the educational institutions to enlighten the mindset of the students towards the better understanding and knowledge about the subject of entrepreneurship. It helps in the development of the enterprising behaviours, attributes and skills as well as entrepreneurial mindsets and capabilities among the students. The core objective is to generate a cadre of entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs among the educated youth for the overall development of the economies. In view of the important role of the vocational, professional and continuing education systems towards the development of ‘Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem ’ in any economy, the present study has been undertaken to assess the contribution of existing state government of Jammu and Kashmir run educational institutions towards the development of this ecosystem. The assessment is based on the survey involving 250 students enrolled in theses institutions across the three regions of the state against the parameters of: entrepreneurship education as a curriculum component in all the existing systems of education, enough entrepreneurship education course offerings, and research & need based entrepreneurship education The findings reveal that the contributions of the state run educational institutions towards the development of ‘Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem is not significant