A study on Studentsa Perception on Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Learning Institutions

Abstract

The purpose o f this study is to analyze the Students’ perception towards Entrepreneurship Education in Higher Learning Institutions (HU). Students perception has been studied with the help o f primary data collected from 305 students who belonging to the Department o f commerce and management from Arts and Science Colleges, and who are studying Entrepreneurship as one o f their subject in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. The study used Mann whitney U test, Kruskal Wallis test. Correlation and Regression analysis. This study ascertains whether the students are appropriately developed by colleges towards entrepreneurship as a career option. The findings o f the study show that the encouragement and mentoring given by the teachers has influenced Entrepreneurship Education when compared with Gender and Age o f the students. With regard to correlation analysis there is a positive relationship between new venture creation, Prior Experience, Social norms. Entrepreneurship subject, and E ntrepreneurship activities. M ultiple R egression analysis show s that the Entrepreneurship Activities received by students from colleges towards entrepreneurship education are the most influencing factors o f entrepreneurship education as per students' perception.