Empowering The Rural Youth Through Entrepreneurship Education In Karnataka

Entrepreneurship can have transformative impacts that benefit rural areas and uplift underservedcommunities. In higher education, entrepreneurship instruction has grown over the last half-century but isin its nascent stage in nonformal youth development settings. A growing body of academic research hasexamined the effectiveness of entrepreneurship education in raising youths’ awareness of self-employmentas a career option and creating an enterprising culture among them. The move towards self-employment isand will continue to become, an increasingly important element of economic growth and development.This paper aims to explore and investigate entrepreneurship education among youths, especially in ruralKarnataka, to determine and evaluate its effectiveness.