Entrepreneurial Adult Education as a Catalyst for Youth Employability in Disadvantaged Areas

Abstract

In this article, we establish a correlational reflection between ‘‘entrepreneurial’’ andragogy and youth employability through a description of its characteristics and other specificities, the identification of its strengths and weaknesses and by proposals likely to engender an andragogy more likely to materialize its objectives. In fact, three data collection instruments are involved to achieve such a construct, in particular, a documentary exploitation necessary for a theorization of our theme, a questionnaire against ours ample of 22 young entrepreneurs and finally a guide maintenance for another sample of 6 andragogues. The results of this research reveal a ‘‘trompe l’œil’’ (57%) in terms of the characteristics and/or specificities of entrepreneurial andragogy in a disadvantaged environment point to the ‘‘lack’’ or ‘‘insufficiency’’ of State funding (82, 3%) as a major weakness of the adult training and consecutively propose and improvement and/or facilitation of the said (92, 6%), for more promising processes of habilitation and empowerment. In addition to its theoretical aspect, the scientific implication of such a study lies in the amplification of the field of knowledge relating to the general training of young adults, and more to entrepreneurship training in particular. The professional side of the implication of such a reflection concerns more its propensity to want to increase the knowledge, know- how and above all know-how of andragogues in terms of training, monitoring and support for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds specifically.