Abstract: Youth unemployment is one of the central concerns affecting global economies in the world today. The recent World Economic Forum held at Davos prioritised the discussions on issues confronting youth unemployment. The International Labour Office projected a global youth unemployment rate of 12.7% by 2017. According to the ILO, 202 million people are unemployed globally and 40% are under the age of 24. South Africa fares even worse. Statistics SA indicate that 71% of the unemployed are aged 25-34 and the unemployment rate among youth is 36%. About 3.3 million youth aged 15-34 are not employed or studying (Financial Mail, 7th, February 2013). With this in mind this study intends to look at the perceptions affecting the development of youth entrepreneurship in South Africa and whether entrepreneurial education and training fosters the development of entrepreneurial orientation in the South African youth. A five Point Likert Scale was used: 1 = strongly disagree, 3 = neutral and 5 = strongly agree. Furthermore, a quantitative research method was used and 132 grade eleven learners were purposefully selected randomly in Crawford high school in Gauteng. Findings indicate that entrepreneurship education and training can direct students towards certain career choices; secondly, subsequent behaviour can be predicted and thirdly, the outcome was found to increase the propensity of students to start a business.