Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub) in Schools

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”

Peter Drucker

In the rapidly changing world of 21st century, schools have the responsibility to prepare their students to grapple with the pace of change and equip them for success.

The differentiation between great schools and good schools is the quality of focus on new age competencies like creativity, critical thinking and problem solving, communication, collaboration and technology awareness.

To address this need, ThinkStartup worked with the leading educators to design a learning intervention that works hand-in-hand with schools academic curricula. The deliberations also included study of New Education Policy 2020 to identify missing links in pathways to 21st century success. 

This gave birth to a brand new program Entrepreneurship Hub (eHub) that is aimed at developing essential competencies for the future workforce and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. eHub offers a unique in-school program to nurture the innovation and entrepreneurial spirit within students from class 4 to class 12. It includes modern engaging pedagogical approaches like inquiry based learning (IBL) and project based learning (PBL) for holistic education.

Seeing is Believing.

We know that role-modelling and real-world is critical for student engagement. Therefore, to inspire young minds, ThinkStartup’s eHub brings our entrepreneur partners and startups to provide real-world experiences for students.

“Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality.”

Warren Bennis

The standard model of eHub runs over 6 months in a school.The eHub program is designed on well defined entrepreneurial competencies. Students are gradually exposed to the building blocks of entrepreneurship from beginners to intermediate to proficient levels. 

ThinkStartup experts have categorised entrepreneurial competencies can be divided in three dimensions:

• Entrepreneurship Knowledge and Skills: This includes knowledge of designing and building products and services, branding, packaging, pricing, small scale operations, costs and sustainability.
  
  
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: This includes curiosity for creativity and innovation to identify opportunities, gathering resources to build a business, taking bearable risks and managing it, persistence in the face of adversity and being ethical to win consumers trust. Students also learn to embrace challenges, view setbacks as opportunities for learning, and persevere in the face of difficulties.
  
  
• Entrepreneurial Execution and Work Ethics: This includes developing a conscious bias for getting things done, goal clarity, being resourceful, work division, team building and collaboration, active communication
  
  

The program follows a two pronged approach to learning. First we give exposure to concepts of creativity, design, design thinking, innovation and entrepreneurship concepts. Thereafter, students work on individual and group action projects where they put their learning to application after each session.

The highlights of Entrepreneurship Hub in Schools is following:

• Structured, graded entrepreneurship curriculum: eHub provides a well-defined framework that gradually equips students with entrepreneurial competencies, starting from beginner level and progressing to proficiency. This structured approach ensures students build a strong foundation before advancing to more complex concepts.
  
  
• Solid Project-based Learning: eHub goes beyond traditional classroom teaching, incorporating engaging project-based activities. This hands-on approachallows students to apply their learnings in real-world scenarios, fostering creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
  
  
• Build Essential Entrepreneurship Skills: The program equips students with the knowledge and skills necessary for entrepreneurial success, including understanding products and services, branding, pricing, operations, and sustainability. This valuable knowledge base empowers them to navigate the world of business with confidence.
  
  
• Nurture Entrepreneurial Project based Collaboration and Leadership: eHub fosters collaboration and teamwork through interactive activities and project-based learning. Students learn to communicate effectively, divide tasks efficiently, and build strong team dynamics, developing essential leadership qualities.
  
  

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“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” 

John Dewey

Entrepreneurship Hub in Schools (eHub) is designed for progressive schools anywhere in the world. These schools advocate a modern and real world learning to education rooted in project based and inquiry based learning to prepare students for success in a rapidly changing world.

ThinkStartup’s eHub offers graded curriculum for students in Class 4 to Class 12. It nurtures ideas bubbling in young minds, by providing a nurturing environment to explore their entrepreneurial potential and develop the skills necessary to experiment with their ideas.

“The world changes so fast that you are never ready.”

Sir Ken Robinson

Entrepreneurship as a subject encompasses emerging modern themes such as  creativity, design, innovation, application of science, technology, business, social responsibility and ethics. This is the precise reason why progressive schools of all boards – IB, IGCSE, CBSE or ICSE boards; are actively incorporating in their curriculum.  

This helps schools stand out in the crowd and more importantly serve the cause of 21st century students who have unconventional talents. It is well known, entrepreneurs are job creators, they stimulate the economy, and create opportunities. Entrepreneurship Hub in Schools (eHub) empowers young minds to become confident, innovative, and resourceful individuals.

Some of the reasons, why schools like to start eHub are:

• It builds solid entrepreneurial profile: The eHub program encourages students to think outside the box, develop creative solutions, and experiment with new ideas, fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship.  With passage of time, each eHub student get exposed to minimum 5 to 6 startup projects that builds up an unmatchable entrepreneurial profile as the graduate from school.
  
  
• It prepares students for the future: eHub equips students with the skills and mindset they need to thrive in a dynamic and unpredictable world, regardless of their chosen career path.
  
  
• It is aligned with NEP 2020: eHub seamlessly integrates with the New Education Policy’s focus on skill-based learning and holistic development, supporting educators in fulfilling their vision. 
  
  
• It increases overall student engagement: Our partner schools share that due to excitement of innovative projects in eHub, many students are happy to doing these projects. Our interactive lmodules and project-based activities, also feed into other subject areas leading to higher engagement and motivation amongst students, creating a vibrant and dynamic learning environment.
  
  
• It builds most essential life skills: eHub goes beyond academics, instilling in students essential life skills like critical thinking, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration, preparing them for success in all aspects of life.

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