Nor'West News: September 24, 2019

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continuing education
gain a
second chance
at ncea
Each year up to 10,000 young people
in New Zealand leave school with little
or no formal qualifications. Many teens
disengage with school as the teaching
environment simply does not suit their
style of learning. Research shows that
without a qualification they are more likely
to have difficulties entering the workforce,
as most jobs nowadays require NCEA and
a driver’s licence.
Many early school leavers unfortunately
believe that secondary school is the only
way to earn their NCEA qualifications.
This misconception is particularly
concerning for those young people
who don’t necessarily ‘fit’ the schooling
environment, but still want to find
employment or complete certain industry
training courses for which an NCEA
qualification is a pre-requisite.
Every year dozens of young people
are getting a second chance at earning
NCEA credits after leaving secondary
school, thanks to Vision College. The
Private Training Establishment (PTE) are
spreading awareness to the young people
in the community, making sure they know
that achieving their NCEA levels outside
of school is within their reach.
Vision College’s free ‘Ultimate’
programme offers students without NCEA
the opportunity to gain NCEA Level 1
and 2, their driver’s licence, and a range of
skills designed to make them employable.
Students earn their NCEA credits in
a more practical way, through games,
hands-on activities, and by applying their
learning to real life situations. Students
also get to experience tasters of different
career and study paths to help them
decide where they would like to head after
completing ‘Ultimate’.
School leavers can also enrol in
Security, Early Childcare or Business
Administration courses to earn not only
credits towards NCEA Level 3, but also
a career qualification in just six months.
These courses are all free for anyone aged
between 16 and 19. Upon completion
students can even pathway onto higher
study with Vision College in Web and
Software Design, Early Childhood
Education, and Counselling.
Vision College are enrolling now for
2020! For more information on their
courses, call 0800 834 834, txt “VISION”
to 027 557 8839, or visit their website
www.vision.ac.nz.
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• COUNSELLING
• WEB DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN
AND SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
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