Many people are probably familiar with the line “children are the future” from the song ‘Greatest Love of All’ by the iconic singer Whitney Huston, which sheds light on the impact young ones will have on the future of the world. Following this train of thought, the educational start-up ‘Journey of Entrepreneurship’ or JOE for short, introduces young children aged 8 to 18 to entrepreneurship with the hope of having a positive impact on the Egyptian community. JOE is a four-phase program that teaches entrepreneurial skills to children and teens, allowing them to develop business skills such as pitching, negotiating, creativity, risk taking and character building, to name a few. “Entrepreneurial qualities are already present in every individual and can be developed further through education. JOE serves to realize this belief. At the age of 8 to 18, children’s personalities are known to be malleable, which allows education to play an important role in developing personality traits and acquiring entrepreneurial skills,” JOE’s Facebook page reads. The curriculum is a Singaporean program and was developed and piloted in the country that is known for having one of the strongest educational curricula…
Journey of Entrepreneurship: A Curriculum Teaching Children Entrepreneurial Skills in Egypt
July 2, 2019
