The Analysis of Obstacles Facing Entrepreneurship Education Courses in Agricultural Applied Science Education Centers (AASECs) Fars Province, Iran

Authors

• M. Rahmanian Koushkaki
• M. Chizari
• E. Abbasi

Abstract

 Youth unemployment, especially academic graduates in agricultural fields, is one of the severe challenges in recent years in Iran.Despite these challenges, many policy makers, consider academic entrepreneurship necessary and inevitable. ­ Entrepreneurship education can be considered as a strategy to make occupational opportunities for graduated agricultural students. The aim of entrepreneurship education is to educate people to make an enterprise after completing their education. For this goal, present study aimed to analyze obstacles facing entrepreneurship education courses in Agricultural Applied Science Education Centers (AASECs) in Fars Province. Based on its aims and in order to control the variables, this research utilized a descriptive-correlation survey method. The population of the study consisted of all 1018 students in four AASECs in Fars Province (Shiraz, Jahrom, Aliabad Kamin and Marvdasht) in 2010-11 academic year. A multi-stage stratified random sampling was applied to select 178 students as sample research. Data were collected by using questionnaire, which was validated by a panel of experts and the reliability was gained through a pilot study with Cronbach's Alpha coefficient 0.89. Based on factor analysis results, weakness in supportive and counseling services (with variance, 19.50%), inadequate of applied education (17.89%), inadequate of recognizing of financial and management regulation (11.94%) and weakness in educational planning (11.67%), were the main obstacles in delivering entrepreneurship education in AASECs in Fars Province. These four factors could explain 61.1% variance of the obstacles in entrepreneurship education.

Keywords

• Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship Obstacles
• Agricultural Applied - Science Education Center
• Fars province

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