The role of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial motivation, and entrepreneurial readiness in mapping entrepreneurial intention of youth

This study uses human capital theory and planned behavior to examine how entrepreneurship education affects young people's entrepreneurial goals. We are studying the direct and indirect impacts of entrepreneurship education on intentions, as well as how entrepreneurial motivation and preparation modulate them. We investigated 205 graduate students in postgraduate entrepreneurial courses. We used the partial least squares structural equation model for the analysis. The PLS-SEM study's results indicate that entrepreneurial motivation and readiness significantly influence the relationship between entrepreneurial ambitions and entrepreneurship education. The research demonstrated that entrepreneurship education and passion improve the readiness of young individuals to pursue entrepreneurship. Furthermore, the findings indicate that a youth's level of readiness significantly influences their intention to establish their own business. Nevertheless, entrepreneurship education has an independent impact on the framework's overall relationship. Our research contributes to the current corpus of literature on entrepreneurship education by integrating individual talents with behavioral components.