Written by Christian Gaya: Published
in Business Times Newspaper
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Friday, 07 September 2012 12:03
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THE young entrepreneur?fs skills should strengthen economic
know-how and business skills. Besides imparting sound economic knowledge, the
young entrepreneur?fs skills also acts on personal characteristics. It should
aim to promote a positive attitude towards the Tanzanian economy and to
encourage entrepreneurial attitudes among young skilled people. It should also
aim to develop start-up skills in a modern and practice-oriented way. The
objective is to see starting up a business as an attractive option in one?fs
professional career. As it leads to a young entrepreneur?fs skills, therefore
the program should provide an additional asset for young skilled workers.
ORIGINALLY AIMED AT STUDENTS IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS THE YOUNG
ENTREPRENEUR?FS SKILLS SHOULD NOW BE SPREAD TO KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY SCHOOLS,
SECONDARY ACADEMIC SCHOOLS, AND UNIVERSITIES, WHERE TRAINEES SHOULD COMPLETE
THEIR THEORETICAL TRAINING IN PARALLEL WITH APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING IN
COMPANIES.
Developing centers for young entrepreneurship in vocational
schools and promoting the entrepreneurial spirit and skills among students from
these schools project should be a jointly be performed together the Ministry of
Education and Vocational Training and Junior Achievement in Tanzania (JAT).
There is a need to set up centers in several different sectors of industry such
as an architecture and construction; food and food technologies; textile and
clothing; and forestry and wood processing. As part of the project, students
shall be required to form a mini-company pre school and operate and run it for
one year; the course to be offered is required to be as an elective to all
students.
A BUSINESS CLUB WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE LOCAL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY AND EXPERTS FROM THE RELEVANT INDUSTRY WILL BE NEEDED TO BE SET UP TO
FOR THE PURPOSE OF SUPPORTING DELIVERY AND FOR PROVIDING PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE.
STUDENTS, SCHOOLS, AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY WILL BE REQUIRED TO COOPERATE SO AS
TO ORGANISE AND PROMOTE EVENTS SUCH AS TRADE FAIRS, COMPETITIONS, AND JOINT
PROJECTS.
This model can be received extremely well, as a sustainable
public-private partnership that actively involves the business community and is
innovative in several ways. Firstly, the students?f involvement should raise
awareness and support for the promotion of young entrepreneurship in the local
communities. Secondly, it should link the real workplace with education and
makes education much more market-oriented, i.e. developing the new skills
needed for the globalised economy. Thirdly, the teacher should act as a
consultant (mentor), and non-traditional methods of learning will be adopted.
TEACHING METHODS SHOULD BE SUCH AS BRAINSTORMING, TEAMWORK,
CASE-METHOD, PROJECT-BASED LEARNING, AND INDIVIDUAL TASKS. RELEVANT STUDY
MATERIALS, TEACHER?FS MANUALS AND USER GUIDES FOR PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN THE
NEW MODULES SHOULD ALSO BE DEVELOPED AND DELIVERED TO PILOT SCHOOLS DURING THE PROJECT
PERIOD. THE USE OF SIMULATIONS AND VIDEOS SHOULD ALSO BE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS
OF THE PROJECT. THESE SHOULD INCLUDE THE MANAGEMENT OF A SIMPLE PIZZA
RESTAURANT OR HAMBURGER RESTAURANT AND A VIDEO OF INTERVIEWS WITH YOUNG AND
OLDER PEOPLE ENTREPRENEURS.
The young entrepreneurship skills should be designed to develop
students?f understanding of the market economy and of the world of work, to
introduce career research, the logic of how businesses operate and the basics
of founding and running a business. The young entrepreneurship skills should
focus on the business environment business startups and enterprise activity. On
the other hand enterprise activity should provide students with the opportunity
to put the knowledge and skills they have learned into practice, for that
matter young entrepreneurship have to plan, set up and run their own enterprise
activity and present an enterprise report based on this activity.
All in all indeed there is a need to promote partnerships between
VET schools and enterprises, and act as an intermediary in finding work
placements for both students and teachers. And to provide expert help with
preparing programs and cooperate with schools on implementing young
entrepreneurship education activities, particularly through project work.
Moreover, there will be required to encourage both young and experienced
entrepreneurs to get involved in entrepreneurship education as role models.
Furthermore, it is required to raise awareness among businesses, particularly
at local level and to start corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives
that would motivate more business people to get involved in young
entrepreneurship education.
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