Entrepreneurship Education at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh
Entrepreneurship Education at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh

Entrepreneurship Education at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh

Summary/Abstract: This study presents the results of a need assessment survey on entrepreneurship education conducted at BBA and MBA programs of a tertiary level university in Bangladesh. For this purpose, Institute of Business Administration (IBA-JU) and four departments of Faculty of Business Studies: Department of Finance & Banking, Department of Marketing, Department of Management Studies and Department of Accounting and Information Systems at Jahangirnagar University were targeted for this survey. Survey on needs assessment was carried out based on factual data and perceptual data. Factual data were collected through review of BBA and MBA curricula of the target institutions. Perceptual data were collected from undergraduate and graduate level students, alumni and faculty members through structured questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGD) and key informant interviews (KII). It is observed that neither the target institutions offer major/minor in entrepreneurship, nor the need for entrepreneurship education is fulfilled by the existing curricula. There seems to be interest among students in learning entrepreneurship and pursuing such a career, however, institutional support is lacking significantly in case of Bangladesh. Recommendations to address the need are also discussed

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