Purpose: This community service program aimed to strengthen vocational high school students’ literacy in developing sustainable and responsible creative economy businesses.
Research Methodology: The two-day participatory program involved 50 Grade XI Accounting students and combined short lectures, guided discussions, group exercises, market feedback, Business Model Canvas development, and break-even-point calculations. Learning outcomes were evaluated descriptively using a one-group pre-test–post-test design and paired t-tests.
Results: The class mean increased from 50 to 90, representing a 40-point increase, an 80% relative improvement, and a normalized gain of 0.80.
Conclusions: The results indicate substantial program-associated improvement and show the practical value of integrating creativity, market validation, sustainability, business modeling and accounting competence in vocational learning.
Limitations: Individual paired scores, dispersion measures, validated instrument evidence, and a comparison group were unavailable; therefore, the findings should not be interpreted as causal.
Contributions: The program offers an applied framework for embedding material efficiency, waste reduction, product safety, honest marketing, transparent records, financial feasibility, and customer feedback into students’ business models.