Does entrepreneurial education matter for Indonesian students' entrepreneurial preparation: The mediating role of entrepreneurial mindset and knowledge

Demanding new ventures has been a global challenge, and the government responds to this issue through entrepreneurial education. Among the increasing studies on entrepreneurship, there is a lack of empirical evidence examining how entrepreneurial education prepares students being entrepreneurs. This study elaborates on several predicted variables that can drive students' entrepreneurial preparation, including entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurial knowledge, and entrepreneurial mindset. The methodological approach taken in this study is a quantitative method undergoing a survey model. The benefit of this approach aims to gain an understanding of how entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial knowledge, and entrepreneurial mindset can influence the entrepreneurial preparation of students. The respondents of this study were gathered from vocational students (SMK) in Jakarta of Indonesia were calculated using Structural Equation Modelling Partial Least Squares (SEM-PLS). The findings showed that entrepreneurial education plays an essential role in determining knowledge and entrepreneurial mindset that leads to the entrepreneurial preparation of students. The finding also confirmed that entrepreneurial knowledge positively influences the entrepreneurial mindset, entrepreneurial preparation, and successfully mediates the impact of entrepreneurial education and entrepreneurial preparation. The latest finding is that the entrepreneurial mindset positively influences students' entrepreneurial preparation.