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Abstract

: The role of entrepreneurship in the development of modern econo-mies has long been recognized as crucial to ensuring international competitiveness, technological advancement and job generation, which becomes even more pronounced in the aftermath of crises and recessions. Entrepreneurship, therefore, should be given adequate attention in the education system. Namely, as young people represent an innovative and dynamic group open to new social and technological movements, entrepreneurship education should already be available at a secondary level, as it is still possible to direct students’ career choices during this period. This paper examines the attitudes towards the entrepreneurial profession, entrepreneurial intentions, and the perception of the contribution of high schools to the development of entrepreneurial knowledge and ideas on a sample of 99 students in two secondary schools in the City of Zagreb. In addition to showing that the high school curriculum and teaching methods do not encourage students to think about the entrepreneurial profession, the study also found statistically significant differences in students’ attitudes and perceptions of entrepreneurship with respect to gender and the exis-tence of entrepreneurial role models in the family.