Author(s): Ibrahim Maryam, Park Suhong
Even though various business schools have developed curricula on business entrepreneurship, more curricula on social entrepreneurship are needed to close the entrepreneurship gap existing in the social enterprise sector of Nigeria. This paper describes a course which was developed geared at stimulating social entrepreneurial behaviour and acquiring skills and knowledge necessary to develop their ideas into social enterprises. This study aims to assess the impact of the educational experience on learners in a before and after study design using the social entrepreneurship test tool. The results, which were analysed using paired samples t-test, showed that giving the students the educational experience has significantly increased their perceived mastery of social entrepreneurship skills. It also reveals that social entrepreneurship competency can be taught to younger learners and pave the way for continuing research on incorporating social entrepreneurship into entrepreneurship education at the secondary school level in Nigeria, aiming at offering new possibilities for social impact regardless of professional disciplines.