58% of universities make entrepreneurship a compulsory or elective subject.

58% of universities have made entrepreneurship a compulsory or elective subject, with a minimum of 2 credits per subject. Some pedagogical colleges have also made entrepreneurship an elective subject for students.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi spoke at the conference this morning.

Entrepreneurship course minimum 2 credits

This morning (December 20), the National Council for Education and Human Resources Development (Ministry of Education and Training) organized a scientific workshop "Promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among students: current situation and policy solutions".

Sharing at the workshop, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi acknowledged that innovative start-up activities have made many important strides, and Vietnam's innovative start-up ecosystem is always ranked high.

According to the Deputy Minister of Education and Training, since 2003, the start-up movement in universities was first launched and only attracted a small number of schools and students to participate. However, currently, start-up and innovation activities in schools have entered a new phase, more effective and more substantial.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Chi said that currently, 100% of higher education institutions have issued regulations to support startups and innovation for lecturers and learners. Nearly 30% of higher education institutions have established and developed their own innovation and startup centers... Notably, 58% of higher education institutions have made startups a compulsory or elective subject, with a minimum of 2 credits/subject. Some pedagogical colleges have also made startups an elective subject for students.

However, according to Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Chi, activities to promote creative startups in training institutions are currently in their early stages, with activities mainly focusing on propaganda and inspiration. Startup support policies have not been implemented synchronously, policy mechanisms are still lagging, not going into depth, and infrastructure to support startups is still very limited.

"The reason can be seen that currently universities have not fully realized the importance of promoting start-up activities. New schools mostly focus on teaching and research without paying attention to commercialization and capitalization of products based on the intellectual foundation of the school, including scientific research products and especially human capitalization. Besides, training revenue is still the main source of revenue for universities," the Deputy Minister of Education and Training pointed out.

The workshop "Promoting innovation and entrepreneurship motivation among students: current situation and policy solutions" attracted representatives from many universities to attend.

"University education is not just about imparting knowledge"

Also at the workshop, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi presented some views on promoting innovation and entrepreneurship among students in the coming time.

The Deputy Minister said: "University education institutions are not only about imparting knowledge, especially in the current era of information explosion, but they must also be places that can inspire the spirit and desire for entrepreneurship and innovation in learners."

For students, if they want to start a business and innovate, they must have a spirit of lifelong learning, forming good skills and habits. From there, students will have a foundation of knowledge for themselves, which is also the greatest "asset" in their 4 years of university.

In promoting the spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Chi also highly appreciated the role of teachers. The Deputy Minister said: "Teachers are the ones who inspire, arouse aspirations, guide students, and help them not to get 'lost'."

Emphasizing the spirit and desire for entrepreneurship and innovation among students, Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Thi Kim Chi advised: "90% of student startups fail, only 10% succeed. I think that 10% is already a great success. We must consider failures as valuable lessons so that we can then create more valuable and sustainable projects and results."

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/58-truong-dh-dua-noi-dung-khoi-nghiep-thanh-mon-hoc-bat-buoc-hoac-tu-chon-1852412201655322.htm