Entrepreneurship in Schools

There is a story about the comparison of the profession in Indonesia and Singapore. In Indonesia, if you meet an old friend of one of the questions that arises is,''Working where?''Others with in Singapore. For the same situation the question is, "what company?'' 

What does it mean? In Indonesia, the orientation of the people still at work at the company level, if you can big corporations. While in Singapore, has begun to shift its orientation at entrepreneursip or entrepreneurship. They are proud if it has a firm, although the company was in a small or medium scale.
 

Indonesia, as a large country with a population of 230 million, it's time to change the orientation on the job. If the orientation is clearly just looking for work job opportunities that are available is not enough. Finally, unemployment was inevitable. So, the job must be created.
Being a labor overseas is not an ideal solution. Moreover, if the power is sent unskill, so not uncommon to hear news about the persecution, humiliation, rape, etc.. Not to mention had to part with the family. TKI is only good for short-term solution.

To create jobs, this is what is needed: entrepreneurship. Own passion for owning a business must be created from the outset. That not everyone will be able to become a successful entrepreneur, that's true. But at least the more people become entrepreneurs, the more job opportunities are created.
Entrepreneurship becomes more pervasive in a person if it has been ingrained from an early age. If we see a successful Sino derivative, it's because the environment has been taught since childhood to trade, entrepreneurship. Although only just helped his parents, but the atmosphere of the entrepreneur's already started to be felt. 

Ciputra for example, was born in a poor family. His parents opened a small grocery store. But because his father was later captured by the Japanese and later died, her mother choose to sell cookies for her family. Penetrated into the habits of these trade actions Ciputra each, so that now a successful entrepreneur. 

Family environment is important, but not everyone merchant family. Therefore there must be education about entrepreneurship. And the school became an important place to provide supplies of entrepreneurship in students. Give them the environment to foster entrepreneurship courage try later if it has been great. 

A private school in Jakarta, one of the subject is entrepreneurship. What to do? Theoretical course given. But that is not less important is the practice to become entrepreneurs. They were asked to produce something that can be sold on their own friends, or do not produce their own but to trade.
There are even more serious. Some children are organized in a group, then they submit a proposal to one of the parents. Proposal regarding the development of small-scale agro-industries, which will be harvested next six months. That they return the loan after harvest. 

Actually, if the cooperative at school can be optimized to give an aura entrepreneurhip to students. If during this cooperative mostly run by teachers, it was time to involve students in more depth. This could be a cooperative exercise for candidates for entrepreneurs. Can cooperatives in elementary, junior and senior high school. 

Citing the opinion of Ciputra, a sociologist David McClelland believes a country can be prosperous if there is an entrepreneur at least 2.0 percent of the population. Singapore AAT is 7.2 percent whereas in 2001 only 2.1 percent. While Indonesia is only 0.18 percent of the population or 400,000 people.
Rise time for Indonesia to become an economically strong state. That requires millions of entrepreneurs who are ready to challenge the era. This is where schools can play a role by providing an entrepreneurial environment among the students. Start plugging entrepreneurship early on, even the smallest business.