Examining the professional prospects of social entrepreneurship graduates from South African TVET institutions
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https://doi.org/10.35564/jmbe.2026.0008Keywords:
social entrepreneurship education, vocational and technical colleges, resources and capabilitiesAbstract
The study examines the significant role that vocational and technical colleges can facilitate in delivering social entrepreneurship education to students, aiming to accelerate the development of future entrepreneurs and foster constructive contributions to economic prosperity. The positivist quantitative methodology predicted and explained the perspective, contexts, and approaches, and a sample of 322 respondents participated in the study, which used IBM SPSS version 28 to run multiple regression tests. The findings from the statistical analyses of R-squared, ANOVA, correlation, and coefficient tests analysed the existing gap in resources and capabilities in social entrepreneurship curricula and programs. The research emphasises the continued advocacy and lobbying of policymakers and authorities to embed social entrepreneurship education as a priority in their decision-making. While the findings further exposed the lacklustre confidence among students in the comprehensive efforts to improve and enhance the positive entrepreneurial mindset and culture, and the tangible contribution to the country’s economic prosperity.
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