Role of Entrepreneurship Education in Developing Entrepreneurial Intention among Indian University Students in Delhi NCR

Abstract

The present research was undertaken to understand the impact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention. In order to test this effect, exploratory research design has been adopted. This study started with a pilot study and traversed several milestones of research and now it is in the concluding stage. This study centered selected nine Delhi-NCR districts namely Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Ghaziabad, Noida, Sonipat, Panipat, Alwar and Meerut using simple multistage sampling technique data were collected and processed so that the dependable sample size is determined as 514. Descriptive statistics are used to describe the sample, to show the numbers and percentage of Entrepreneurial students which fall into categories and to measure the central tendency. Further, One-way analysis of variance is used to identify the difference between the groups relating to the dependent variables, and independent sample t-test was adopted to find the significant differences between two means which the t-test yielded. Correlation and Regression analysis has been applied to understand the impact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Intention. According to the findings of the study, there is a positive relationship between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intentions. More specifically, there is a correlation between entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial intentions in terms of entrepreneurial education curriculum, teaching methodologies, university roles, and university environments. Further, the analysis has found that there is a positive influence of Entrepreneurship Curriculum, Teaching Methodologies, University Roles, and University Environment on entrepreneurial intention. It is also found that there is no influence of University Roles and Quality of Education on entrepreneurial intention among Entrepreneurial students in the selected nine Delhi-NCR districts. newline