Is Entrepreneurship Education Really Needed?: Examining the Antecedent of Entrepreneurial Career Intention

Entrepreneurship activities are believed can be a tool to boost economy growth and to solve other economy problem such as unemployment. Analyzing data from World Bank and Indonesia Statistics Central Body, that shows the increasing number and growth of graduate unemployment, entrepreneurship might be a solution. Therefore, we have to find ways to create new entrepreneurs, right after or even before they graduated. In other word we have to produce more graduate entrepreneur and entrepreneurship education may have role in promoting entrepreneurial intention among students.This article will give the explanation on graduate unemployment phenomenon in Indonesia and its relationship to entrepreneurship and also conceptual framework to examine the antecedent of entrepreneurial career intention that will lead to the understanding of the role of entrepreneurship education