The effects of poverty remain continuous in the third world, with the youth being amongst the
hardest hit groups in society. The minimal levels of skills among the youth, coupled with a
very limited access to financial facilities undermine their abilities to exploit resources that
may be available to them to enable them to start their businesses. While the youth should be a
priority in the economic growth and poverty eradication targets of the third world states,
small business development initiatives and entrepreneurship education become the best
options to equip them with the necessary skills to start their own businesses that would create
employment for themselves and their unemployed peers. This study evaluates the Start and
Improve Your Business Youth Entrepreneurship training program implemented in Lesotho in
2007. It is anchors on a view that entrepreneurship education is a good strategy to equip the
youth with the necessary skills to enable them to start their own businesses to create their
own employment and that of their unemployed peers. It goes further to suggest that an
effective entrepreneurship program is one that goes beyond classroom learning to emphasise
action based learning, for a sustained small business sector and generation of sufficient
employment prospects.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/10453 |
| Date | 23 September 2011 |
| Creators | Ntlaloe, Tumisang |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf, application/pdf |
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