TY - UNPB
T1 - Graduate employability in Ghana
T2 - embedding social enterprise skills within the higher education framework
AU - Winful, Ernest Christian
AU - Snowden, Michael
AU - Halsall, Jamie
AU - Quaye, Josiah Nii Adu
AU - Hyams-Ssekasi, Denis
AU - Opuni, Frank Frimpong
AU - Afriyie, Emelia Ohene
AU - Chosniel Ocloo, Elikem
AU - Opoku-Asante, Kofi
PY - 2022/11/3
Y1 - 2022/11/3
N2 - Levels of unemployment and environmental challenges make social entrepreneurship and social enterprise very important for the sustainability of society. Higher education has played a fundamental role in driving entrepreneurship and innovation in local, national, regional, and global contexts. The authors of this article explore the state of the legislative framework in Ghana, as well as social enterprise education, stakeholder engagement, models and challenges. The methodology applied for this paper is concept mapping, enabling the critical exploration of the relevance of social enterprise in the context of higher education, and demonstrating how it could practically serve as a panacea to rising youth unemployment. This research concludes by making a case for including social enterprise in the higher education curriculum.
AB - Levels of unemployment and environmental challenges make social entrepreneurship and social enterprise very important for the sustainability of society. Higher education has played a fundamental role in driving entrepreneurship and innovation in local, national, regional, and global contexts. The authors of this article explore the state of the legislative framework in Ghana, as well as social enterprise education, stakeholder engagement, models and challenges. The methodology applied for this paper is concept mapping, enabling the critical exploration of the relevance of social enterprise in the context of higher education, and demonstrating how it could practically serve as a panacea to rising youth unemployment. This research concludes by making a case for including social enterprise in the higher education curriculum.
KW - Ghana
KW - Higher Education
KW - Social Enterprise
KW - Youth Unemployment
KW - British Council
U2 - 10.35241/emeraldopenres.14791.1
DO - 10.35241/emeraldopenres.14791.1
M3 - Preprint
T3 - Emerald Open Research
BT - Graduate employability in Ghana
ER -