The Effectiveness of Entrepreneurship as Core Subject to the Students of 12th Grade ABM Strand at Bestlink College of the Philippines: An Assessment

Abstract

Entrepreneurship has become a powerful tool in creating jobs and improving economic power through the labor market and the economy as a whole. This study aims to explore and investigate entrepreneurship education as a core subject and to evaluate and determine its effectiveness. Entrepreneurship education encourages students to take on entrepreneurship as a career and gives students the skills needed to be entrepreneurs. A growing body of academic research has examined the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education as a core subject to raise students’ awareness of self-employment as a career option and create an enterprising culture among them. This study used a descriptive survey to ask students with Entrepreneurship as core subject their profiles such as sex, age, and the effects of Entrepreneurship as a core subject on Accounting Business Management courses. This study focused on grade 12 accountancy business management students from Bestlink College of the Philippines for the school year 2018-2019. The result of this study shows the effectivity of entrepreneurship to the students who encountered it in terms of these variables :(1) Creating a business, it shows that the respondents agreed in terms of creating a business with the help of entrepreneurship. (2) Interpersonal skill, it shows that entrepreneurship gives way for the self-actualization of the students. (3) Creating a profit, this shows that entrepreneurship made the student more profit-oriented. This study cannot fully ensure that the solutions made will be fully implemented in this school. Based on the corresponding result, for the respondents, entrepreneurs tend to look forward to what they will get while building a business, it may be the profit or their self-exploration. However, on the other two which mirrors how the students would face reality if risk and consequences would come their way, they showed a sudden decline in agreement, making students look like they’re doubtful if they’ll be able to face such challenges along the way. Also, we asked some respondents if they’re handling their profit correctly. Surprisingly, the respondents give their low rates. This reflects that the subject still hasn’t covered the subject matter of making the students mature in handling money and also being independent.