Speaking at the Romanian Business Leaders Summit, Stanciu said the quality of the future entrepreneurs depends on the education they receive now at school and, considering that many of the future entrepreneurs will come from rural areas, education should be a strategic priority for authorities.
Stanciu also said the education system should be changed and the informatics should be taught even in primary school, so that a pupil should know computer programming at the end of Gymnasium, while students should learn about entrepreneurship, legislation and taxes in college.
Nearly two in ten Romanian youths aged 18 to 24 want to become entrepreneurs in the following year, but see the bureaucracy, the high taxes to the state budget and the access to financing as their biggest challenges, according to a study by market research company GfK Romania. They are mostly interested in doing business in the sectors of commerce (26%), agriculture (18%) and professional services (16%).
According to the study, 80% of youths willing to become entrepreneurs think businesspeople ought to get more involved in the country’s major problems. Also, 45% of them see career failures as learning opportunities.