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The Sky's the Limit with Youth Guarantee
Now that exams are over, the question on everyone's lips is "what next"? Youth Guarantee is a great answer to that question for 16 and 17 year olds who want to take the next step towards achieving their dreams and goals.
So what is Youth Guarantee?
Youth Guarantee is NO FEES* vocational tertiary education that provides a stepping stone to good jobs, careers and higher education.
Youth Guarantee lets students successfully finish their education in a non-school environment that provides the support they need to achieve.
At BEST they will graduate from a Youth Guarantee programme with an NZQA approved level 2, 3 or 4 tertiary qualification and the skills and confidence they need to move to the next level, be it work or further study.
The programmes at BEST are very exciting - they range from Computing and Employment Skills to career focused programmes in Sport, Business, Tourism and Travel and Freight Forwarding.
Our 16 and 17 year olds and their parents should sit up and take notice of Youth Guarantee - it is a pathway that recognises their talents and abilities and focuses their success.
*Conditions apply
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Church Leaders Celebrate Learning
BEST's inaugural Community Leaders Certificate has become a popular programme for Pacific Church leaders in Auckland. Since BEST introduced the certificate in 2007, the Pacific Church communities have not stopped talking about it.
The programme is focused on providing the Church leaders with computing and organisational management skills and leads to nationally recognised certificates in business and computing.
We spoke to Reverend Alesana McCarthy from the BEST Pasifika Advisory Board who has been working closely with our churches providing key information about this programme. He has found a strong sense of pride among our Church communities that BEST is able to offer a Pacific family environment.
Some of the leaders who spoke with Alesana said they were looking to do a similar programme elsewhere but when they heard about BEST and our learning environment, they wanted to come here instead.
2009s Church leaders can now use PowerPoint to do their presentations for church and have also improved their internet skills and other Office software. Some Ministers were so inspired that they have showed interest in other programmes such as BEST's new Certificate in Pre-Teacher Education programme.
Senior Church ministers commented that they wished they would've had this opportunity earlier in their lives...but are grateful that they still learn and gain a qualification.
It is evident that after the success of the programme last year, the Stage One graduates are very keen to come back to complete Stage Two. Approximately 80 Church leaders have expressed interest in the next Stage One programme commencing on August 22nd.
A special celebration to launch the Community Leaders Certificate and the Certificate in Pre-Teacher Education will be held at the Manukau Campus on September 5th.