Entrepreneurship Education through Distance Learning The EDI Experience / Sareen, S B.
By: Sareen, S B
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ArticlePublisher: 1998Subject(s): Edi Faculty Papers | Edi Experience | Distance Learning | Distance Education | Entrepreneurship Education | Entrepreneurship Research | Entrepreneurshiprch | Third National Seminar On Current Trends | Biennial Conference Papers
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Third National Seminar on Current Trends in EntrepreneurshipSummary: In the context of economics in transition like India, where agriculture is no longer able to provide gainful employment of the teeming millions, and only a limited percentage have access to higher learning to gain entry to profitable occupations, entrepreneurship education seems to be an ideal solution to the problems of unemployment, which in turn can lead to economic development, The sheer magnitude of the number of people to be trained, their geographical distribution across the country and the costs of training them define a task that seems gigantic by any standards. If one compares the task with the means at hand, i.e. training and educational infrastructure developed for entrepreneurship training in the country. capacities available and nwnber of professionals engaged in the task, it looks like a very disproportionate ratio. The issue, therefore, translates itself as addressing institutionally, the problem of making a meaningful impact, in the field of entrepreneurship education, where the target groups are large dispersed and diverse. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) an apex national institution has a track record of successful and replicable...
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In the context of economics in transition like India, where agriculture is no longer able to provide gainful employment of the teeming millions, and only a limited percentage have access to higher learning to gain entry to profitable occupations, entrepreneurship education seems to be an ideal solution to the problems of unemployment, which in turn can lead to economic development, The sheer magnitude of the number of people to be trained, their geographical distribution across the country and the costs of training them define a task that seems gigantic by any standards. If one compares the task with the means at hand, i.e. training and educational infrastructure developed for entrepreneurship training in the country. capacities available and nwnber of professionals engaged in the task, it looks like a very disproportionate ratio. The issue, therefore, translates itself as addressing institutionally, the problem of making a meaningful impact, in the field of entrepreneurship education, where the target groups are large dispersed and diverse. Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) an apex national institution has a track record of successful and replicable...
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