ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION: INFLUENCE, CONTROL AND DEVELOPMENT OF INDIVIDUAL COMPETENCES

"Purpose of the article: The purpose of this article is to present innovative solutions for contemporary education, which still relies on foundations established nearly 200 years ago. These foundations emerged in a context where human beings were understood differently than today, and humanism functioned largely as rhetoric. The paper aims to emphasize the urgent need to transform the educational system by integrating long-standing experience with the technological possibilities of the 21st century. Additionally, the authors conducted research to identify the key factors shaping entrepreneurial behaviors among the respondents. Methodology/methods: A mixed approach was employed, combining quantitative analysis with a literature review. The empirical part utilized a probit model to estimate the probability of specific phenomena occurring. Simultaneously, a review of the scientific literature on entrepreneurial intentions was carried out, with particular attention to the role of family environment, prior exposure to economic activities, and psychological factors, enabling deeper interpretation of the obtained results. Scientific aim: To demonstrate that entrepreneurs can be educated. The authors also propose an alternative pathway for developing contemporary education through the use of modern technology - bridging modernity and tradition - to provide young people with a genuine choice between becoming employees or employers. Findings: The authors highlight the threat of declining IQ levels and regression of scientific thought in developed countries, as well as the issue of an outdated educational system that aims at producing graduates - workers rather than creators and innovators - which is incompatible with the contemporary world built on humanistic values. Conclusions: The research proved that future entrepreneurs could be identified as early as adolescence. Significant factors include individual actions, assumptions, and life plans, as well as upbringing - since children from entrepreneurial families more frequently express the desire to establish their own businesses.