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Train kids in markets first
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-03-10 07:46

It's more important to sharpen their sense of entrepreneurship than to blindly encourage college students to plunge themselves into the risky market, says an article on the website ww.cnhubei.com. The following is an excerpt:

When college students are facing a tough job market, there seems to be a fad to encourage college graduates to start up their own businesses in a bid to relieve pressure.

But some believe it may not be that easy for college graduates to successfully start their own businesses since the current education system pays little attention to entrepreneurship.

Such blind encouragement may lead to hard lessons for college graduates in today's cut-throat market.

Currently, it is generally believed that college students have done poorly in starting up their businesses. It's true that they do have the passion to open companies, but they obviously lack the experience needed to survive due to their weak sensibility to business opportunities.

To ensure the success of starting up a company, we must first of all reform our education to teach students more about the spirit of entrepreneurship from an early age. Without a proper guide, it's not rational to push them out into the turbulent waters of the market.

(China Daily 03/10/2009 page9)