VINCENTIA High School students showed off their Invest Program to Education and Training assistant minister Simon Birmingham and Gilmore MP Ann Sudmalis on Friday.
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The program focuses on creating opportunities for students who wish to undertake vocational training.
Education and Training assistant minister Simon Birmingham said he was impressed with the school’s commitment to vocational facilities and education opportunities for its students across a range of areas.
“From their outdoor recreation facilities through to their trade and hospitality departments it’s really impressive to see the linkage they have established between the community, through external training and work experience opportunities, to vocational education facilities and back to the school,” he said.
“This school is doing a fabulous job in providing alternate pathways for students who are not suited to a pure academic curriculum, this way they have other means to expand their skills, knowledge, learn about work cultures and increase their employability for the future.
“Vincentia High School appears to be a leader in terms of establishing successful pathways for vocational experience within the school that is really valuable to helping young people.”
Mr Birmingham said the program was an innovative way to address particular challenges young people would come up against in the local area.
“The school is adapting to the needs of its students and to the circumstances of the local economy,” he said.
