To strengthen organizational vitality and individual potential, a strong belief is emerging that economies must
enhance entrepreneurship attitudes and intentions
through targeted education and training.
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a generation of graduates equipped with entrepreneurial qualification. These visions were translated through
initiatives, programs and networking with other international and regional agencies. Saudi Arabia supports
its educational institutions at all levels in the field of
entrepreneurship by organizing specialized conferences, and creates business service foundations in universities.
General Organization for Technical, Vocational Education and Training It has a fundamental role in entrepreneurship education through its training programs
supervised by the curriculum development of technical,
vocational education and training according to the
needs of the labour market, and international institutes
in the field of entrepreneurship education, cooperates
with community institutions in the provision of training
courses related to entrepreneurship.
The National Entrepreneurship Institute (Riyadh) It
was established through a strategic partnership with
the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources and several
Saudi companies to provide the youth with jobs by encouraging and empowering them to enter the labour
market or run their own projects. The main aims of this
institute are: raising awareness about the culture of self
-employment, developing a national program for entrepreneurship and microenterprises, developing human
resources in entrepreneurship, and keeping the entrepreneurs updated in the field of entrepreneurship.
INJAZ Saudi Arabia It is part of the Arab Injaz which
aims to prepare students for successful future, and for
entrepreneurship and self-employment through community partnership. It is in all schools in the Kingdom
under the umbrella of the Ministry of Education. Injaz
Saudi Arabia aspires to dedicate entrepreneurship and
self-employment, to promote practical and life skills for
ntrepreneurship Education (EPE) contributes
to promoting life skills of individuals, expanding the experiences, developing the readiness for
work, enhancing creativity and innovation, and supporting the trend towards self-employment in order to
reduce the unemployment rate among youth. The empowerment of students encourages them for selfdevelopment, and thus creates a generation of pioneers
who are productive and creative and turn their entrepreneurial ideas into productive projects. Al- Mahdi
study “The Role of Higher Education in Promoting Entrepreneurship Education in Saudi Arabia” To strengthen organizational vitality and individual potential, a
strong belief is emerging that economies must enhance
entrepreneurship attitudes and intentions through targeted education and training. The study investigates the
role of entrepreneurship education and development
on entrepreneurial attitudes and intentions in a developing economy, namely Saudi Arabia. Results support
the proposition that the intention to become selfemployed is positively correlated to the attitudes of the
self-employed. The results do indicate that entrepreneurial education develops entrepreneurial attitudes,
intentions, and inspiration of would-be entrepreneurs.
Initiatives and Best Practices
The following are the best practices for the participating countries in the joint project between UNESCO
and stratREAL Foundation, UK, 2013 titled
“Entrepreneurship Education in the Arab States”.
Experiences are varied in the field of entrepreneurship education in the Arab Gulf states and they have
well-established rules in the policies and practices of
education and community systems. The visions of the
ministries of education in these countries aim to create
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