Students first to achieve Enterprise Higher
Ayrshire students are among the first in the country to achieve an Enterprise Higher.
More than 20 pupils from across the region, including Auchinleck Academy and Marr College, will became the first to achieve the qualification for their entrepreneurial skills when results are officially announced on June 2.
Despite lockdown and the need to complete their assignments online the students will be informed by their teachers that they have successfully completed the Young Enterprise
Scotland‘ Company Programme’.
The students had to establish an operational business to demonstrate practical skills in management, finance and marketing as well as show an entrepreneurial drive.
As schools closed and timetables were disrupted, Young Enterprise Scotland continued to liaise with students online to encourage them to complete the programme.
Geoff Leask, CEO of Young Enterprise Scotland, said: “This is the first year that students participating in our Company Programme could achieve a ‘ Higher’ equivalent qualification and Credit Points for their hard work and I applaud everyone who took part.”
The Level 6 qualification for the Company Programme, equivalent to 26- 30 Credit Points, is the result of a collaboration between the Scottish Government, the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework Partnership ( SCQFP), Glasgow Kelvin College and Young Enterprise Scotland.