བོད་མིའི་ཚོང་ལས་ཡར་རྒྱས་རམ་འདེགས་ལས་གཞི།

In the closing decades of the 20th century, entrepreneurship gained increased recognition among economists as a significant driver of improvements in societal welfare. Across the globe, governments have acknowledged the importance of their roles in motivating individuals, businesses and related stakeholders to perceive and develop new opportunities that can promote positive change and create economic growth in their societies (Blenker, Dreisler and Kjeldsen, 2008). This entrepreneurial spirit is now seen as the main source of innovations in nearly all industries, leading to the birth of new enterprises and the growth and renewal of established organizations.

The importance of entrepreneurship education and training was stressed in a recent (2009) report by the Global Education Initiative (GEI) of the World Economic Forum (WEF):

“…while education is one of the most important foundations for economic development, entrepreneurship is a major driver of innovation and economic growth. Entrepreneurship education plays an essential role in shaping attitudes, skills and culture–from the primary level up. …We believe entrepreneurial skills, attitudes and behaviors can be learned, and that exposure to entrepreneurship education throughout an individual’s lifelong learning path, starting from youth and continuing through adulthood into higher education–as well as reaching out to those economical or socially excluded–is imperative.”

Finally, communities benefit from the comprehensive youth entrepreneurship programs. Students engaged in the school entrepreneurship programs are more likely to either remain in or return to that community after graduation. The outmigration of our young people, especially at the age when they are starting families, is a trend that continues to negatively impact our Tibetan community by robbing us of our valuable human capital needed to build our economy in exile.