Rethinking Entrepreneurship Education (EE) in the Era of Education 5.0

Abstract

The educational landscape has been marked with a rapid growth of entrepreneurship education (EE) in the last decades. EE is spanning across different academic disciplines and taught inclusively as a university requirement across many universities/countries. However, while this inclusive approach is associated with many issues, its questionable effectiveness mixed with the challenging requirements of the current education 5.0 (educator wise) are sufficient reasons for scholars to rethink how and for whom entrepreneurship should be taught. In this chapter, the authors discussed and proposed a move to the more pragmatic student “selective approach” of EE after having laid the justification for such move. The chapter contends that teaching EE to every tertiary student is not a viable approach; not only does it drain the existing resources, but it requires additional ones which are beyond the capacity of many schools and universities around the world. Implications are discussed and aimed to assist policy makers and key education players to improve EE effectiveness.