High School Programs
Program Name: School Economics Education Program (SEE)
Duration: 2010-2013
Main Partners: Statoil Azerbaijan, Chevron Khazar, Bakcell
Associate Partners: Pasha Bank, Saipem Azerbaijan, American Chamber of Commerce in Azerbaijan, Nobel Oil, Baker & McKenzie, PWC
Strategic Partners: The United States Agency for International Development, Ministry of Education, Central Bank of Azerbaijan Republic
Program Goals:
· Prepare 1,017 students from secondary schools and colleges for their careers through work-readiness training, competitions and on-site experience;
· Teach 180 students from secondary schools and colleges the fundamentals of personal finance and the banking industry through financial literacy training and interactive contest;
· Teach 225 students from secondary schools entrepreneurship by organizing and operating actual business enterprises;
· Support 10,490 secondary school students to learn applied economics through consultations and educator training;
· Foster ethical decision-making in 900 secondary school and undergraduate students through business ethics training and responsible business competition;
· Conduct surveys and evaluations among 2,605 students and educators on ethics, employability, financial literacy, entrepreneurship, business education, and the SEE program results. |
Junior Achievement provides teachers, and schools with concrete programmes, and allows students to learn how to put theory into practice and to understand what entrepreneurship is about. In this way students gain self-confidence and motivation, become proactive and learn how to work in a team. This is an important investment in Europe's future.