Policies and Practices for Entrepreneurial Education in Malaysia: A Review

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is viewed as one of the key economic development strategies to advance a country's economic growth and to sustain its competitiveness in facing the increasing trends of globalization. The Malaysian government has made tremendous efforts in promoting entrepreneurship education across the country. This paper therefore aims to review the programs and policies, together with empirical studies on entrepreneurial education, and its effects on students' entrepreneurial intentions. Finally, the review of the policies and practices in Malaysia shows that the government is mostly focused on the following aspects: improving the current policy on entrepreneurship education, providing various entrepreneurship programs to increase the number of young entrepreneurs, and highlighting the need to empower entrepreneurship education among graduates ofHEIs.

A Study of the Factors Affecting Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Students’ Entrepreneurial Intention

“…Numerous researchers and economists are also in favor of the way that entrepreneurship is a significant factor in the improvement of society (Jidi et al, 2021;Shamsudin et al, 2016). Entrepreneurship has built up its situation as the most dominant economic power during the most recent decades.…”

“…Studies have recommended that entrepreneurship can be learned or by one way or another supported through entrepreneurship education (Manik & Sidharta, 2016). In addition, entrepreneurship education can likewise be considered as the proper exchange of innovative abilities and entrepreneurial competencies, that allude to the ideas, aptitudes, and mental mindfulness that people use during the time spent starting, developing and building up their development growth-oriented ventures (Shamsudin et al, 2016).…”