1Lecturer, School of Business and Management Studies, Botswana Open University, Gaborone, Botswana
2Professor of Economics, DUT Business School, Faculty of Management Sciences, Durban University of Technology, ML Sultan Campus, Durban, Kwazulu Natal, Republic of South Africa
Botswana as a middle-income country has relied on mining extracted resources and tourism to boost its economy. However, that is not adequate enough to diversify and improve the economy of a country which is currently faced with challenges of high unemployment rate amongst the youth. Technical and Vocational education (TVET) trained graduates are amongst the youth who are unemployed despite being trained in starting and managing small businesses. There is currently little evidence of whether entrepreneurship education offered in TVET colleges increases the intention of students to engage in self-employment after completion of their studies. This study seeks to close the gaps found in the literature on entrepreneurship education and entrepreneurship in the Botswana context. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from 100 students of X and Y Technical and Vocational Training Colleges. Inferential and descriptive data analysis tools were used. The findings of this study indicated that TVET students have high entrepreneurial intention, a strong positive attitude toward entrepreneurship education and are willing to take entrepreneurship as a career choice.
Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship education, Entrepreneurial intention, Botswana
