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a small decrease in the mean score from 2009 to 2012, this suggests that, at these levels, the adequacy of entrepreneurial education is not improving.
10.4 EDUCATION AND TRAINING As shown by table 35, significant improvement had been obtained from 2009 to 2012, but again only two categories are above 3.0.
The Ministry of Education should review of the status of entrepreneurship education in the whole educational system and provide new orientations, and assign new resources that enable the implementation of the Law 1014 in the country with the adjustments that the data indicates, as necessary, to produce more and better enterprises, more and better entrepreneurs, and more value generation.
The problems at the primary and secondary education are astonishing, and they show that the goals of the 1014 law have not been obtained. There is a significant lack of training in the development of entrepreneurial spirit and the entrepreneurial competences. There is a need to identify Colombian experts in entrepreneurial education and convene them as an advisory team to the Minister of Education to help in the design of entrepreneurship-related curricula, pedagogic approaches, and academic material, as well as in the formation of a set of trainers who could expand the idea throughout the educational system. If real entrepreneurial education is not included in the curricula in the best possible way, the results that the 1014 law formulated will never be satisfied, and lots of frustration will be developed in the young person who wants to be an entrepreneur.
10.5 R&D TRANSFER In this essential element for spin off and for increasing the competitivity of the enterprises, the results, as shown in table 36, are not good at all. Only one gets above 3.0 From the lack of capacity of the growing firms to buy/develop/adapt the latest technologies (2.1), to the lack of efficiently transfer of science, technology and knowledge from the university and research centers (2.5), to the lack of adequate subsidies (2.4) to the lack of support to engineers and scientist to
The national experts’ assessment of the degree to which colleges and universities show
Table 35. Education and Training. NES Colombia (2009-2012) In my country‌
2009
2012
Teaching in primary and secondary education encourages creativity, selfsufficiency, and personal initiative
2.31
2.6
Teaching in primary and secondary education provides adequate instruction in market economic principles
1.81
2.3
Teaching in primary and secondary education provides adequate attention to entrepreneurship and new firm creation
1.7
2.3
Colleges and universities provide good and adequate preparation for starting up and growing new firms
3.0
2.9
The level of business and management education provide good and adequate preparation for starting up and growing new firms
3.29
3.4
The vocational, professional, and continuing education systems provide good and adequate preparation for starting up and growing new firms
3.1
3.1
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