Senior High School Students' Entrepreneurial Inclination

The Case of Accountancy, Business, and Management Track Students in Pampanga, Philippines

Abstract

The study investigates the entrepreneurial inclination of senior high school students in Pampanga, Philippines. Specifically, the undertaking examines the significant differences in respondents? inclination towards entrepreneurship when grouped based on school affiliation, age, sex, plan to pursue a college degree, and family business background. The participants of the study were randomly selected from two (2) public schools and (4) private high schools during the school year 2016-2017. These schools offer SHS ABM track where entrepreneurship course is one of the major components of the curriculum. Using independent sample t-tests, the findings reveal that all demographic factors ? school affiliation, age, sex, plan to pursue a college degree, and family business background show no statistical significant difference in the entrepreneurial inclination of the respondents. This result suggests that all identified demographic variables do not affect or influence SHS-ABM track students? entrepreneurial inclination. Implications of the study on the entrepreneurship education in the Philippines and the directions for future research are also provided.