A STUDY OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAITS AS PERCEIVED BY PROSPECTIVE PRE-PRIMARY TEACHERS IN RELATION TO THEIR QUALIFICATION, AGE, MARITAL STATUS AND PARENTS' OCCUPATION

“Teaching creates all other professions.”
~Author Unknown
Teaching is the specialized application of knowledge, skills and attributes designed to provide
unique service to meet the educational needs of the individual and of society. The choice of
learning activities whereby the goals of education are realized in the school is the
responsibility of the teaching profession. A more viable starting point in education could be to
perceive entrepreneurial education as a means to achieve more interest, joy, engagement and
creativity among students (Johannisson, 2010, Lackéus, 2013). “The secret of getting ahead is
getting started.” ~Mark Twain, Write. The rapid development of IT technology also provides
many opportunities for learning entrepreneurship skills (Zunfeng and Chunling, 2011), or for
college students to start their own businesses (Chen et al., 2012). The academicians of all the
disciplines are in search of finding out the pedagogical skills to empower their students with
entrepreneurial skills so that they can sustain themselves in the growing competitive world.
Teacher education institutions across the world are in the process revamping their
programmes so that they can meet the future challenges of the growing educational industry.
There is lot of pressure on the Ministry of Human Resource Department in India to revamp
the teacher education in India. The NCTE is also working day and night to enhance the quality
of school education and teacher education in India