Efforts to promote Entrepreneurship as part of Vocational Education have been renewed due to many reasons including : the hyper digitalization, advent of platform economy and increasing on-demand work and shrinking of organized sector jobs due to a global pandemic. Although, national curricula of most countries contain lengthy suggestions of how to promote this, there are still gaps. One of the most glaring gap being teachers'/trainers' and TVET practitioners current capacities to embrace this change. To offer a quick taster on what embracing Entrepreneurship is, I have developed a #microlesson offering my views on Why TVET Practitioners must embrace Entrepreneurship? This is by no means a comprehensive input but a simple reminder for everyone part of our #TVETChat community to embrace change.

1. Why TVET Practitioners
must embrace
Entrepreneurship?
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With @TVETCHAT

2. ENTREPRENEURSHIP TURNS
IDEAS INTO ACTION
UNESCO's definition of Entrepreneurial skills includes
creativity, innovations, risk-taking and the ability to
plan and manage projects in order to achieve
objectives. Changes in the world of work, owing to
digital disruptions, climate change or the 2019 global
pandemic, have altered the way work is organised.
new work demands workers skilled on new
competencies and new modes of working.
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3. PREPARATION FOR THE WORLD OF
WORK MUST STIMULATE THE
ENTREPRENUERIAL MINDSETS OF
YOUNG PEOPLE.
@theskillspundit
March, 2021
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4. Entrepreneurship education should not be confused
with general business or economic studies. It,
DEVELOPS
PERSONAL
ATTRIBUTES
Raising learners' awareness
of self and self employment.
OFFERS
EXPERIENCE OF
PRACTICAL PROJECTS
Providing specfic knowledge on
how businesses are run and
operated
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5. ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMMES AND
MODULES OFFER THE TOOLS TO:
Think creatively!
Every profession demands a certain
degree of creativity and enterprise.
Be an effective problem solver
Problem solving is an acquired skill.
Learn how to create an effective
process that works for you everytime
Analyse business ideas effectively
Try new strategies, approachesand tools .
Tools such as SWOT, Brainstorming,
Spend Analysis, ROI are good to know.
Lead, evaluate projects
Don't be afraid to lead when the
situation demand. Evaluate
outcomes regularly to produce
better results.
Communicate & Network
Listen more than you speak.
Meet like-minded professionals.
Engage in peer-learning.
Analyse a business idea
objectively
Critical evaluation of ideas, arguments,
and points of view is important for the
development of learners as autonomous
thinkers and independent workers.
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6. STILL THERE ARE GAPS...
Awareness on Entrepreneurial Skills is much
higher now, but there are gaps that restrict TVET
practitioners from fully embracing
Entrepreneurial mindset. For example:
teaching methods are ineffective;
entrepreneurship is not included in all parts of the VET system
hands-on participation of learners is limited
teachers are not fully competent, up-to-date
business people are not involved;
entrepreneurship is not linked to specific training subjects or
professions
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7. PEER-LEARNING CAN BE AN
EXCELLENT WAY TO LEARN
FROM SIMILAR EXPERIENCES
@TVETChat is part of the twitter campus
where vocational training practitioners meet
regularly to discuss issues concerning policy,
practice, trends, response and self-learning.
the internet is full of similar platforms and fora for learning and
engaging with like-minded professionals. Google away!
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8. Twitter Hashtag
#TVETChat
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/groups/1770006/
Web
theskillspundit.com
ARE YOU
ENTREPRENEURIAL?
You can share your practices with a global network of
TVET / Skills practitioners here >> twitter.com/tvetchat
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9. micro lesson curated by
Pooja Gianchandani
twitter.com/theskillspundit