Relationship between University Entrepreneurial Facilities & Students Entrepreneurial Performance

Abstract

Entrepreneurship in the country can stimulate the economy, reduce unemployment and entrepreneurs can create jobs. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is a relationship between university entrepreneurial organizations and student entrepreneurial activities in Balochistan. The objective was to find out the University Entrepreneurship Facilities (UEF), Student Entrepreneurship Services (SEP) and entrepreneurship courses offered in these areas of study. An online survey was conducted and distributed via Internet. The study population were bachelor students currently enrolled in universities. Data was collected from 6 universities of Balochistan and 114 students participated in the survey. Researchers used IBM SPSS and Microsoft Excel for analyzing the data. Initially Cronbach’s alpha test was performed for initial 30 responses. The study results indicate that Universities of Balochistan providing maximum entrepreneurial facilities to students, universities providing business plan competition, seminars and session. Incubation centers are known to be the major reason promoting startups where 71.9% students are not incubated in any incubation center yet while some of universities don’t have incubation centers. The reason behind lack of knowledge regarding entrepreneurship in students can be that the students enrolled in universities don’t have enough entrepreneurship subjects in their 4-year studies even in some of major fields such as Agriculture, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and Computer Science, universities don’t offer enough subjects regarding entrepreneurship. Universities of Balochistan tend to provide maximum entrepreneurial facilities such as Incubation Centers, Boot-camps and Sessions and Entrepreneurship subjects must be included in all field of studies and orientations regarding entrepreneurship should be included from the beginning of semesters or year. The field of universities facilities and students is vast needs more studies also Government and other higher education authorities need to provide maximum facilities and awareness on entrepreneurship.