Consulting-Based Entrepreneurship Education in Malaysian Higher Education Institutions

Early exposure in entrepreneurial studies is an essential consideration in developing successful entrepreneurs. Higher education institutions in Malaysia attempt to impart essential entrepreneurial knowledge in the syllabus to equip future entrepreneurs with necessary skills. Several programs have been implemented to achieve the goal of complementing and exposing graduates to the world of entrepreneurship. Nevertheless, there is very less literature presented on this subject. Various teaching and learning approaches used by each higher education institution but the number of entrepreneurs produced is still questionable. In this research, a program called 'Consulting-based Entrepreneurship Education' was introduced and experimented in order to observe the benefits and potential of this learning method in increasing the students' interest in entrepreneurship. This study is an action research that used qualitative and quantitative approaches. It was found that students were able to perform certain business tasks and their entrepreneurial interests were enhanced at the end of the program.