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Pupils and businesses team up
21.01.10
SEVEN schools in
Donegal including Inishowen are twinning with local
businesses to give students work experience aimed at
helping their future careers.
The schools including Crana College, Buncrana and
Carndonagh Community School, are taking part in the
Government-backed Schools Business Partnership that
twins them with companies in their locality.
Crana College has been twinned with Inishowen
Engineering while Carndonagh Community School has
been teamed with National Irish Bank.
Meanwhile, Errigal College, Letterkenny, is teaming
up with Allied Irish Bank; Deele College, Raphoe,
with Donegal Creameries; Finn Valley College,
Stranorlar, with Coillte Teoranta; Royal & Prior
Secondary School, Raphoe, with the University of
Ulster and St. Columba's College, Stranorlar with
Marks & Spencer. |
Senator Cecilia
Keaveney welcomed the scheme. "I would like to see
hundreds of Donegal firms and students gain from
using this scheme. The student of today is the
employer or employee of tomorrow.
"With our history of unemployment and the dependence
on fishing, farming and manufacturing, we need those
industries and other sectors to offer students an
insight into working life and the opportunities that
are out there to diversify from what we are
traditionally known for," she said. |
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Students taking part in
the scheme are assigned a local business mentor to
help them through school, receive advice on CV
preparation and interviews, and sign up for work
experience.
"Staying in school is vital to a young person’s
development and life chances. Programmes such as the
Schools Business Partnership equip young people with
valuable entrepreneurial skills.
"I'm delighted with these types of initiatives but
will be in contact with our school principals to see
how they impact locally or how, perhaps they need to
be adapted for further progress to be made." |
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