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    The Impact of Entrepreneurial Education on Entrepreneurial Zeal of Undergraduate Students: A Case of Final Year Students at The National University of Science and Technology in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
    (Indiana Journal of Economics and Business Management, 2024-07-13) Manyika, S.E.; Ndlovu, M.J.; Paulos, L.; Baya, C.
    The study aims to explore the effects of entrepreneurial education and support systems in a different contextual setting in Zimbabwe. This study sought to complement prior studies that looked at the entrepreneurial intention of final students from a general perspective or the study area of the students without looking at other external antecedents like the presence of University incubation centres. Given the forgoing assertion this study will determine the effect of the study domain on the level the relationship between student’s cognitive disposition and entrepreneurial zeal. Mixed methods approach was used that is quantitative and qualitative research design. The study employed stratified random sampling to give a sample of 60% of the population. The research established that students knew about the existence of Education 5.0 thrust and the supporting programme on campus and have a positive attitude towards entrepreneurial education. However, there is lack of perceived feasibility of entrepreneurship education to steer innovation and entrepreneurship zeal resulting in the lack of confidence in the Education 5.0 and the resultant programmes. The study recommends that University should ramp up its interventions and motivate students to be more efficacious and try to use the innovation support services while continuing to enrich their curricula to be innovation friendly, institute face-to-face interactions with students and get their input on how best both parties can benefit from the worthwhile investments by government and make efforts to link potential entrepreneurs with angel investors, non-governmental institutions or come up with other methods.