Overview
Young Enterprise Scheme
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One of the ways that we contribute to a positive
future for business in Southland, is to promote entrepreneurship
through years 12 and 13 Senior High School.
We do this by coordinating the Lion Foundation
‘Young Enterprise Scheme’.
During the course of one year, students form a company and create a
new product or service which they introduce to the market.
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This is not a textbook course –
Students invest real money by raising shareholdings in their
business, produce real products or services and deal with real
profit or loss. They must pay tax on their profit, and submit an
annual report and tax return before their school year ends.
The programme allows students to have a go at running a business
within a safe environment supported by a formal process, the
regional co-ordinator, their teachers and mentors.
Students develop individual strengths including
problem solving, negotiation skills, communication and
interpersonal relations, initiative and persistence,
self-management, co-operation, numeracy including budgeting,
planning, reporting and managing risk and how to work in a
team
Chamber Southland started this program in 1990 through the vision
and dedication of the then President Colin Smith and today, more than 120 Southland
students are taking part in the YES programme each year from seven
Southland schools.
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The YES programme has expanded to include technology classes,
in a programme called Enterprising Technology and from 2011, Play
it Strange and Young Enterprise Trust combined the production of an
original song album with the Lion Foundation Young Enterprise
Scheme. Please contact us for more information on these two new
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The program has substantial training and mentoring with
key regional events through-out the year including:
'E Day'
Director's Training
The Oral Presentation
& Mid Year Awards
Trade
Fair
Final End of Year
Awards and Presentations.
The Young Enterprise Scheme has qualification
pathways attached to it. In addition to the course requirements (10
credit equivalents), students may elect to sit the Young Enterprise
Exam (14 credit equivalents) to achieve the Young Enterprise
Certificate (a NZQA Level 3 Qualification). Students are able to
use the course requirements as a “top up” towards their NCEA
credits OR apply for NZ Institute of Management paper 836.
For more
information on qualifications please visit here
Register your 2011 Young Enterprise Company
here....
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