YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

150 But in order to be successful entrepreneurs, young people need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to succeed. Thus, the orienta- tion towards creating one’s own job opportunities is gradually being mainstreamed into the education system, and young people are being encouraged to develop an entrepreneurial mindset and to engage in re- lated education and training in different ways and through different channels. Thus, one interviewee perceives the promotion of entrepre- neurship in light of the prioritisation of the monetisation of knowledge over the acquisition of knowledge itself. “/.../ I saw on the ‘newsletter’ of the University of Ljubljana... When I see what kind of workshops and events they promote, it seems to me that the focus is much less on knowledge or on science, and much more on how I can monetize my knowledge.” (Nika, 27 years old, doctoral student, currently residing in London) The emphasis on promoting and introducing entrepreneurship can also be seen in the results of the 2010 and 2020 surveys, as young people in 2010 were much less likely than their 2020 peers to believe that their education to date had sparked their interest in becoming an entrepre- neur. In 2010, a good quarter of young people (27.7%) agreed or strongly agreed with this statement, compared to a good third (35.1%) in 2020 (see Figure 3.21).