A Study of the Attitudes of VHSE (Vocational Higher Secondary Education) Students of towards Entrepreneurship in Trivandrum District.
The aim of this study is to get a good knowledge and insight to the topic ‘Attitudes of VHSE (Vocational Higher Secondary Education) students of Kerala State towards entrepreneurship in Trivndrum Distict ’. This study has a special relevance in Kerala State where entrepreneurial activities are relatively less which leads to the minimum utilization of potentially valuable resources of the State. The deficiency of entrepreneurial activities in Kerala State has created a significant negative shock in the economy where the entrepreneurial activity has been distinguished as a valuable means to help build up and sustain State’s economic development.
1. Vocational Higher Secondary Education
Vocational education is a system of education introduced in Kerala State, with the objective to prepare students for identified occupations, spanning several areas of activities. The Vocational Higher Secondary Education is visioned as a part of the National Policy on Education with the idea of securing a job along with education. This education system, which ensures a job along with higher education stands different from other systems of education. VHSE imparts the skills required by the youth to enter the world of work. This stream of education at the Plus 2 level is aiming to achieve employment opportunities either self / wage / direct designed to prepare a skilled work force in middle level in one or more group of occupations trade or job after matriculation at plus two stage of Education.
1.1. Vocational Higher Secondary Education – an overview
Vocational Higher Secondary Education (VH...
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...es and perceptions concerning entrepreneurship as a career.
6.Research criteria
Research criteria will be decided to ensure that a research sample and ultimately research respondents will be selected for the primary research.
• The respondents will be students of VHSE school of Trivandrum District of Kerala Sate.
• The respondents will be final year VHSE students. Final year students will be decided on because they are at a stage of their career development.
• The second year VHSE course is for one year duration and the VHSE students should be from the last term who are completing the course of VHS Education to keep the sample as uniform .
• The respondents will be students from Trivandrum district of Kearla State in order to ensure that each respondent is taken from a similar educational and cultural background.
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