Young Enterprise

The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme, with The Lion Foundation as principal supporter, is administered in New Zealand by Enterprise New Zealand Trust. It is a learning experience for young people, in which senior secondary school students form a company; become directors; develop products and services, which they market and sell and keep all the profit. Young Enterprise is school based and teaches skills in budgeting, planning, interpersonal relations, decision making, reporting, communications; risk management and teamwork

Young Enterprisers * add value to school based knowledge * learn how to run a business * learn the value of being enterprising * develop a "can do" attitude * learn to take and manage risks.

Opotiki College have competed to a very high standard in the Young Enterprise Competition. They went to the New Zealand National Competition in 2004 and 2005 with 'Signergy' and 'de-spike-a', Despika winning a National Prize for Excellence in Leadership. Young Enterprise offers 24 Level 3 Credits and is offered in Year 12. It is an extra curricular activity.

Design by Opotiki College 2006 Young Enterprise Company - IT Promotions