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Abstract
Being a skill based subject the commerce curriculum at higher secondary levels should include some practical work and exercises. This study intends to know how the assessment system assists the students in developing entrepreneurial skills and competencies. The study also aims to measure the level of cultural capital elements among the higher secondary students at commerce stream. A situational test is administered to measure the cultural capital on seminal components of entrepreneurship. An opinionnaire is used to know the opinion of teachers regarding how assessment system assists in the development of entrepreneurial competencies. 500 students and 20 teachers at higher secondary commerce stream were surveyed. The students were selected by using stratified random sampling and teachers were conveniently selected. The result of situational test says the level cultural capital on seminal components of entrepreneurship was not satisfactory. 60% of teachers opined that the present system of assessment is not enough to poster entrepreneurial competencies among students.