Despite dedicated effort and research in the last two decades, the entrepreneurship field is still limited by little evidence-based knowledge of the impacts of entrepreneurship programs on the entrepreneurial intention of students in pre-university levels of study. Further, gender equity continues to be an issue in the entrepreneurial sector, particularly in STEM-focused entrepreneurship. In this context, this study was designed to explore the effects of a one-day female-focused STEM-based entrepreneurship program (for brevity, we call it the OzGirlsEntrepreneurship program) on the entrepreneurial intention of secondary school female students. The study collected data from two surveys completed by 193 secondary school female students, aged 14–16 years, who participated in the OzGirlsEntrepreneurship program. This program encouraged girls to develop and implement creative computational solutions to socially relevant problems, with an Internet of Things (IoT) component using the micro:bit device. The findings reveal that a key factor in the development of entrepreneurial attitudes in young female students is associated with soft-skills development, particularly in the areas of creative thinking, risk-taking, problem-solving, and leadership development. The importance of meaningful human connections, including positive role modelling and peer to peer learning were also important factors in fostering entrepreneurial intent. With these factors in mind, our findings highlight that the OzGirlsEntrepreneurship program substantially increased the entrepreneurial intention of secondary school female students. In addition, this study offers actionable implications and recommendations to develop and deliver entrepreneurship education programs for secondary school level students.

尽管在过去的二十年中付出了巨大的努力和研究，但在企业家资格领域仍然受到很少的循证知识的了解，这些知识对大学预科阶段的创业计划对学生创业意向的影响影响很小。此外，性别平等仍然是企业家部门的一个问题，特别是在以STEM为重点的企业家中。在这种情况下，本研究旨在探讨以女性为中心的以STEM为基础的一日创业计划（为简便起见，我们将其称为OzGirlsEntrepreneurship计划）对中学女学生创业意图的影响。该研究从193名14至16岁的中学女学生完成的两项调查中收集了数据，这些学生参加了OzGirls创业计划。该计划鼓励女孩通过使用micro：bit设备的物联网（IoT）组件开发和实施针对社会相关问题的创新计算解决方案。研究结果表明，年轻女学生创业态度发展的关键因素与软技能发展有关，特别是在创造性思维，冒险，解决问题和领导能力发展方面。有意义的人际关系的重要性，包括积极的榜样和对等学习，也是培养企业家意图的重要因素。考虑到这些因素，我们的研究结果突出表明，OzGirlsEntrepreneurship计划大大提高了中学生的创业意向。此外，