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How can the more talented be supported better?
Several schools offer the voluntary participation in foreign languages- , history -, politics-, chemistry-,
physics- and math- Olympiads to motivate highly gifted pupils. This model should have to be
applied in every higher educational school.
Another applied method “Pupils go to university” should be supported on a wide base.
It would be important to guarantee a prospective and broad career counselling at an early stage in
primary and secondary schools. For this reason it is very important that career counselling teachers
have well reground papers and a wide knowledge of possible opportunities.
Regional Stakeholders suggest the implementation of an internship exchange placed at an extern
institution (e.g. Steirische Wirtschaftsförderung) for talented pupils/students. Local enterprises
should have the possibility to announce the number of open internships and the administrative institution
(Steirische Wirtschaftsförderung) allocate adequate pupils/students.
The implementation of a mentor program was a further suggestion. The main idea is that local enterprises
support pupils or whole classes financially by allocate a scholarship and following internships.
How to improve the interaction between the players?
Regional educational players requested a better acceptance from the economy and a direct dialog,
for example on a platform where both sides can deposit wishes, expectations and ideas for a better
cooperation.
Most of the regional players recommend compulsory internship as the best way of get in touch
with enterprises. A permanent improvement and expansion of this promising concept is considered.
A better flow of information between local enterprises, schools, parents and pupils would improve
the interaction between them.
A further suggestion from the Regional Stakeholders is sensitisation for and with parents.
Economy events (e.g. events of the chamber of commerce) in the region are very common, but
they are for a close circle of attendants. One idea was to invite students and pupils to these events
to give them an access to regional proceeding.