Entrepreneurship Education: A road to success 8Financial literacy9 and 8Planning9. For both groups, entrepreneurial 53 intentions grew 3 for girls more than for boys.  To increase engagement and achieve better grades: As with primary education, evidence was also found in secondary education that entrepreneurship education has very desirable 8side-effects9:  It was found that participating in programmes connected to the Norwegian Action Plan had a positive effect on secondary students9 oral and writing skills. The programmes also impacted slightly on pupils9 54 grades in Norwegian, English and mathematics.  Entrepreneurship education in Sogn og Fjordane County (Norway) triggered a generally positive effect on students9 interest in school. Besides increased intentions to found a company, students were also more interested in other parts of the schoolwork and showed higher 55 ambitions to move on to Higher Education.  High percentages of secondary education students in Germany who participated in the programmes related to the 8entrepreneurial spirit into schools9 programme self-assessed that they improved on key competences like teamwork (62%), communication skills (55.2%) and presentation skills (54.6%). Teachers rated this improvement even higher 56 than the students themselves.  Lower secondary education students in Denmark who have been taught using entrepreneurial teaching methods reported that they feel more connected to school, classmates and teachers and that their motivation to learn increased.57 Entrepreneurship education helps to develop greater ambitions for life Students interviewed58 for the Evaluation of Enterprise Education in England (2007-2010), reported that enterprise education raised their awareness on what entrepreneurship means for an individual. This strengthened their confidence and was experienced as a trigger to subsequently build up their capabilities and develop higher aspirations for life. 3.3.3 Higher Education Entrepreneurship programmes in higher education seem to be most likely to have an immediate effect. Students are mature enough to realise entrepreneurial ambitions and to put ideas into practice. Indeed, evidence shows that students were positively affected by programmes/activities running under strategies.  To increase interest in entrepreneurship: 53 Young Enterprise Denmark (2013) Impact of Entrepreneurship Education in Denmark 2012 54 Johansen, V. et al. (2012) =Entreprenørskap i utdanningen og oppnåelse av læringsmål= 55 Rotefoss, B. et al. (2009) - Entreprenørskap på høygir! - en evaluering av satsningen på entreprenørskap i grunnopplæringen i Sogn og Fjordane 56 Josten, M., van Elkan, M. (2010) Unternehmergeist in die Schulen?! Ergebnisse aus der Inmit-Studie zu Entrepreneurship Education-Projekten an deutschen Schulen 57 Young Enterprise Denmark (2013) Impact of Entrepreneurship Education in Denmark 2012 58 Qualitative interviews 34