INAUGURAL CONFERENCE ON ‘ STUDENT AFFAIRS GOVERNANCE: ISUES, CHALLENGES &

OPPORTUNITIES

“CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP”BY

ABDUL AZIZ AB LATIFUNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN

February 26TH, 2013.

ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF IPT

Lounched on 13th April 2010

Purpose

• Encourage and strengthen the entrepreneurship development of IPT which is more systematic and holistic.

Main Goals•To produce modal insan that have more quality and sense, attributes and have entrepreneurship value; and•To produce more graduate entrepreneurs who will act as catalyst for economic transformation that will develop into high-income economies and based on innovation towards achieving developed nation status by 2020.

Core 1: Establish entrepreneurship

centre

• Reach the standard of responsibility centre

• Planning, coordinating, monitoring and evaluating entrepreneurship development program of IPT

Core 2: Providing education and

entrepreneurship program which is systematic and holistic

• IPT need to have systematic planning and clear goals by the aspects of education implementation and their entrepreneurship programs.

• The entrepreneurship element need to be embedded explicitly over curriculum.

• To produce university graduate student who really involve in the field of entrepreneurship/business.

CORE STRATEGIC ON THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF IPT

CORE STRATEGIC ON THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT POLICY OF IPT

Core 4: Creating effective

measurement mechanisms

• To access weather education, program and entrepreneurship activity which have been done successfully achieve the objective set or vice versa.

Core 5:

Providing

conducive

environment and

ecosystem for

entrepreneurship program

• Including atmosphere, infrastructure and holistic entrepreneurial support system.

Core 6:Strengthen the competencies of

entrepreneurship educators

• The application of culture and entrepreneurship value.

• Practical knowledge of entrepreneurship

CURRENT INITIATIVES The establishment

of Entrepreneurship Center in IPT

• 16 Entrepreneurship center in IPT• Entrepreneurship Development Centre Community College

(PUSKOM)

Entrepreneurship Curriculum

• IPTA : Basic Module Entrepreneurial Culture(APK)• Politeknik:

• PB201 (Entrepreneurship)• PB 504 (Entrepreneurship Development)

• Community College : Modular Courses Entrepreneurship

Entrepreneurship Co-curriculum • Entrepreneurship as one of the co-curriculum courses as credit

Strategic collaboration with industry

• MoU KPT-PUNB• MoU KPT-PUNB-Celcom• MoU KPT-JCORP-DPIM• MoU KPT-SMECorp.

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Entrepreneurship Development Master

Plan of Higher Education

Establishment of the Council of Higher

Education Entrepreneurship

DIRECTION

Guiding Principles in Formulating Entrepreneuship Education

• Entrepreneurship can be taught/learned at an early age• It must be taught in an enterprising way using student centered

methods• It must contain both knowledge and experiential

elements• It should be delivered in a cross-curricular manner, not

only as a stand alone course (all students should beexposed) – appropriate to grade levels

• Teachers should be heavily involved in design anddevelopment of the curriculum and resource materials

• • There should be interaction with the businesscommunity

• Students should rewarded for their achievements

Key Success Elements

• Presence of a lead organizing body • Presence of champions in various parts of the system• Baseline research – “stock-taking”• Budget commitment• Commitment from the “top” to do it• Integration of entrepreneurship-related outcomes in

(national/regional) curriculum guidelines• Integrated approach; lots of partnerships• Interaction between education system and the community

(entrepreneurs, support agencies, banks• Training of teaching staffs /involvement in development

Lots of Potential for EntrepreneurshipEducation Programs

• Demand for entrepreneurship education programs isdiverse!

• • Career options:– Become an entrepreneur or work for one,– Work for an organization that serves SMEs or a companywhere SMEs are customers or suppliers,– Become a professor or teacher of entrepreneurship,– Work for government to develop policies focused on fosteringentrepreneurship

• • Higher potential entrepreneurs can be found inuniversity environments

• • System needs more capacity, broader courseofferings, sharing of good practice and systematicimpact studies

Innovations in Higher Learning Instituitions Entrepreneurship Education Support

• Campus incubators• Campus venture capital funds (to seed campus

businesses)• Entrepreneurial know-how courses• Student entrepreneurs’ clubs/ associations• Entrepreneurs-in-residence• Seminars for new entrepreneurship lecturers• • Business Plan competitions• • Awards for collegiate entrepreneurs (Global program)• • Online resource centres for students who want to be

entrepreneurs

INCULCATING ENTREPRENEURSHIP CULTURE AND ATTIBUTES IN STUDENTS’ PROGRAMS AND

ACTIVITIES AT STUDENT AFFAIRS LEVEL• VOLUNTIERISM • SPORTS AND RECREATION• CULTURAL EVENTS• ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND BUSINESS ACTIVIES• LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS• CO CURICLUM ACTIVIES• ECONOMY, SOCIAL, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS.• BAKTISISWA• STUDENTS RESIDENTIAL ECOSYSTEM.

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