The Effect of Educational Support in Increasing the Interest in Entrepreneurship of Secondary School Students

The objective of this study is to examine the influence of educational support consisting of activities in the classroom and activities outside the classroom on the entrepreneurial interest of high school students. Malaysia aims to produce students who are entrepreneurial, competitive, highly knowledgeable and productive through education. However, the number of candidates taking the Business subject is still low. Therefore, educational support is very important in influencing students' entrepreneurial interest. The tool used in this study is an online questionnaire and the study data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. The study sample consisted of 331 high school students in Kinta Utara, Perak who were randomly selected. Descriptive analysis and inferential analysis, namely multiple linear regression analysis, were used in this study. The findings of the study show that the level of activities in the classroom and activities outside the classroom are at a high level. Meanwhile, the level of interest in entrepreneurship among high school students is at a moderately high level. Next, the research findings also show that R squared is 0.415. This means that educational support that consists of the construction of activities in the classroom and activities outside the classroom positively affects students' entrepreneurial interest. In addition, the findings of this study also show that both constructs of educational support contribute significantly to entrepreneurial interest. The results of this study can be used as a reference by responsible parties to further strengthen entrepreneurship-related activities at the secondary school level.