TY - JOUR
T1 - Continuing education and employment creation
T2 - Investment in entrepreneurship matters
AU - Biney, Isaac Kofi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Community Development Society.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This paper explores continuing education and employment generation in Ghana. It places emphasis on entrepreneurship, and how continuing education could help students’ create jobs. It used Bachelor of Administration final year students at Accra Learning Center as a unit of analysis. It is a qualitative study which sought to understand, determine the range of responses, and secure deeper insights and meaning into what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. In-depth interview guides were conducted with 14 purposively selected students. It came to light that, in addition to classroom learning, students' participation in short seminars and workshops equipped them to become creative thinkers, take informed risks, create jobs, and envision a better future for themselves. It concludes that students’ lifetime experiences should be allowed to supplement the classroom lecture.
AB - This paper explores continuing education and employment generation in Ghana. It places emphasis on entrepreneurship, and how continuing education could help students’ create jobs. It used Bachelor of Administration final year students at Accra Learning Center as a unit of analysis. It is a qualitative study which sought to understand, determine the range of responses, and secure deeper insights and meaning into what it takes to become a successful entrepreneur. In-depth interview guides were conducted with 14 purposively selected students. It came to light that, in addition to classroom learning, students' participation in short seminars and workshops equipped them to become creative thinkers, take informed risks, create jobs, and envision a better future for themselves. It concludes that students’ lifetime experiences should be allowed to supplement the classroom lecture.
KW - Continuing education
KW - businesses
KW - employment creation
KW - entrepreneurship
KW - ghana
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85101062092&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/15575330.2021.1874453
DO - 10.1080/15575330.2021.1874453
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101062092
SN - 1557-5330
VL - 52
SP - 323
EP - 341
JO - Community Development
JF - Community Development
IS - 3
ER -