Entrepreneurship Education at Tertiary Level in Bangladesh
Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: This study presents the results of a needassessment survey on entrepreneurshipeducation conducted at BBA and MBAprograms of a tertiary level university inBangladesh. For this purpose, Institute ofBusiness Administration (IBA-JU) and fourdepartments of Faculty of Business Studies:Department of Finance & Banking, Departmentof Marketing, Department of ManagementStudies and Department of Accounting andInformation Systems at JahangirnagarUniversity were targeted for this survey. Surveyon needs assessment was carried out based onfactual data and perceptual data. Factual datawere collected through review of BBA andMBA curricula of the target institutions.Perceptual data were collected fromundergraduate and graduate level students,alumni and faculty members through structuredquestionnaires, focus group discussions (FGD)and key informant interviews (KII). It isobserved that neither the target institutions offermajor/minor in entrepreneurship, nor the need for entrepreneurship education is fulfilled by theexisting curricula. There seems to be interestamong students in learning entrepreneurship andpursuing such a career, however, institutionalsupport is lacking significantly in case ofBangladesh. Recommendations to address theneed are also discussed.
Authors: Saptarshi Dhar, Tahira Farzana
Institution: Jahangirnagar University
Language: English
Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W3009091792