Role of Entrepreneurship Education on Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy among Female Engineering Students: A Pre- and Post- Instruction Analysis

The purpose of the study is to examine the impact of entrepreneurship education on the entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) of the female engineering students of Odisha. A self-administrated questionnaire has been used to collect longitudinal data from randomly selected female students pursuing engineering in different affiliated and autonomous colleges including the private universities. The data have been collected twice over a period of three years from the students. 750 valid and reliable data have been collected and analysed using t-test, ANOVA and regression analysis. The findings of the study suggest that the present method of entrepreneurship education has improved the entrepreneurial self-efficacy of the female engineering students in the post-instruction period compared to the pre-instruction period. However, it is not sufficient enough in significantly improving the ESE since, the quality of entrepreneurship education is not significantly predicting the five dimensions of ESE. Furthermore, it has been noticed that the current educational system predominantly emphasizes the prediction of the searching and planning components of the ESE (Education System Effectiveness). In contrast, the remaining three crucial aspects, including marshaling, human resource implementation, and financial resource implementation, remain statistically insignificant.