{"id":18410,"date":"2019-07-12T05:11:59","date_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:11:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.englishforums.com\/news\/?p=18410"},"modified":"2019-07-12T05:11:59","modified_gmt":"2019-07-12T05:11:59","slug":"imagination-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-a-new-formula-for-school-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.englishforward.com\/news\/imagination-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-a-new-formula-for-school-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Imagination, innovation, and entrepreneurship – a new formula for school curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

The employment crisis is a reality that haunts every government in the world, be it a superpower or a third world country. Including entrepreneurship as a significant part of the school curriculum seems to be the only lasting solution that can address this problem.<\/strong>
\nPrivate schools in Egypt are following a program which originated in Singapore called the \u201cJourney of Entrepreneurship (JOE)<\/strong>\u201d to equip their children with skills such as pitching, negotiation, risk-taking ability, and so on.<\/span>
\nUnder this program, students from the age of eight are exposed to the concept of entrepreneurship. They are given a blank journal to make a note of the problems they see around themselves. They are then called upon to use their imagination<\/strong>, encouraged to think of a practical approach<\/strong>, and finally deliver a solution that makes commercial sense<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Entrepreneurship and innovation economy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Schools and influencers around the globe are waking up to the need for including entrepreneurship in the academic curriculum<\/strong> of K12 education.<\/span>
\nAustralian investor and entrepreneur Steve Baxter calls for educational institutions to make innovation and entrepreneurial skills a mandatory part of school education<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span>
\n\u201cFiftysix Creations<\/a>\u201d is a company that offers entrepreneurship programs<\/strong> to over a hundred schools in Australia. Their modus operandi is to make students first identify a community-wide problem. In the workshop, they discuss and come up with innovative technology-based solutions<\/strong> to the identified problem.<\/span>
\nAsian schools are renowned for their strict curriculum, which focusses on building academic skills in STEM subjects. Slowly and steadily, schools are breaking out of this norm.\u00a0<\/span>
\nA school in Malaysia is stepping out of its comfort zone to become the country\u2019s first entrepreneurship school<\/strong>. Dwi Emas International School<\/a> is laying more stress on cognitive flexibility and adaptability of students than just classroom training.<\/span>
\nIn the budget presentation done earlier this week, the Government of India has emphasized the importance of innovation based education, which creates more entrepreneurs in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

Challenges of including entrepreneurship in the curriculum<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Nada Helmy is the managing partner of JOE Egypt. Helmy says the challenges of including entrepreneurship as a part of the curriculum are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n