Benefit of Implementing Entrepreneurship Training to High School Learners in South Africa

Training and development of young is the priority in South African. Currently, the high rate of unemployment amongst the young is above 75%. The significance of this study is to inform curriculum developers about the skills shortage and the need to implement entrepreneurship training to high learner. The core problem this study seeks to address the shortage of entrepreneurship skills amongst the young and the high rate of unemployment. The mixed research method was adopted. The purposive sampling was used to select the participants and focus group interviews and document reviews were used to gather data. The findings of the study show that the implementing entrepreneurship training to high school learners may yield positive results and the young can participate in building economic of South Africa. The study found that the majority of young are in need of entrepreneurship training during high school. It's recommended that high schools and universities should collaborate to bridge the skills gap and improve entrepreneurship training of the young in South Africa. In addition, if entrepreneurship training can be implemented, young can start business and the gross domestic product in South Africa can improve.