Entrepreneurial Process of Vocational High School Students: An Evaluation of Compliance to Measure Opportunities

Abstract

Issues surrounding Vocational High School graduates (hereinafter VHS) still revolve around the poor competitiveness of the graduates, one of which is showcased by their lack of skills and experience in conducting entrepreneurial process. Putting an emphasis on this problem hence becomes crucial in order for the opportunity for intervention to be right. Therefore, this study was conducted with the aim of evaluating the compliance of the attainment of VHS students' entrepreneurial process. This study was conducted through a survey involving 21 state vocational schools in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia, selected by cluster sampling. Respondents obtained include 428 active students. Meanwhile, the research instrument was developed from indicators of entrepreneurial process that had met validity and reliability requirements. All data were analyzed comparatively and had undergone compliance analysis. The results of the study show that there is a discrepancy between expectations and reality for the students' entrepreneurial process. In other words, VHS students still haven't possessed skills and experience in the entrepreneurial process. This implies that there is a need for entrepreneurial learning interventions which take into account the dimensions and phases of the entrepreneurial process.