Learn and be part of Junior Entrepreneur Programme 2017

DO you have a budding Michael O Leary, Norah Casey or Lord Alan Sugar in your house?

Would you like your child to have the chance to participate in a unique programme which brings their existing curriculum and the world of business together in a fun environment.

5th and 6th class primary students in schools in the Drogheda, East Meath and Mid Louth areas are being given the chance to become involved in an award winning programme which will see them mentored by business people from their own communities willing to share their experience with them.

The Junior Entrepreneur Programme brings entrepreneurship into primary schools and helps students develop existing skills such as literacy and numeracy but also new skills such as problem solving, technology, communication, team building, confidence and creative thinking.

Children from Monastery N.S and Le Cheile Educate Together were among those who took part in last year’s programme.

The Junior Entrepreneur Programme is available free of charge, to all 5th and 6th class pupils in the country. It is a 12 to 16 week programme which help them learn and develop business skills in collaboration with their classmates.

Close to 40,000 children have participated in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme since its inception in 2010. It has been developed and supported by entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly of Tweak.com and some of Irelands other leading entrepreneurs.

The children involved in the programme during the last school year created businesses that generated total sales of over €320,000 and profits of almost €230,000. The classes themselves made decisions on how to spend their profits. Applications are currently being accepted for inclusion in the next Junior Entrepreneur Programme which will start in schools in September. Further details are available on www.juniorentrepreneur.ie or by contacting the JEP office on 066 7169553.