Pengaruh Pendidikan Kewirausahaan dan Peluang Usaha di Lingkungan Sekitar Terhadap Minat Berwirausaha Siswa Kelas XII SMKN 8 Bandar Lampung Melalui Pengalaman Berwirausaha

Abstract

The low entrepreneurial interest among 12th-grade students at SMKN 8 Bandar Lampung is presumed to be influenced by various complex factors, including suboptimal entrepreneurship education and the lack of societal appreciation toward entrepreneurial professions. This study aims to analyze the effect of entrepreneurship education (X1) and business opportunities in the surrounding environment (X2) on students’ entrepreneurial interest (Z) through entrepreneurial experience (Y) as a mediating variable. The research employs a descriptive-verificative method with a survey approach to examine the relationships among variables through direct field data collection. The sample consists of 93 respondents, representing all 12th-grade students at SMKN 8 Bandar Lampung, using a saturated sampling technique (total sampling). The results show that both partially and simultaneously, entrepreneurship education and business opportunities in the surrounding environment significantly influence students’ entrepreneurial interest. This indicates that improving the quality of entrepreneurship education and providing accessible business opportunities in students’ environments can foster their entrepreneurial interest and encourage them to create self-employment after graduating from vocational education. Entrepreneurship education was found to be the most influential variable on students’ entrepreneurial interest.