Junior Achievement Young Enterprise Malta Foundation (JAYE Malta) will be organising a national youth fair on March 18 at The Point, Sliema.

This is the first time that JAYE Malta is bringing together 150 participating students from post-secondary and tertiary entrepreneurship programmes to sell and exhibit their products created during the course of their entrepreneurship education programmes.

The Company Programme (CP) and Start Up Programme offer youth the opportunity to design, create and produce their own businesses over a period of eight months. The fair provides these young people the chance to engage with the public, customers and potential investors in their business idea as they enter the final stage of the competitions.

At the end of each competition, winners will be elected by an independent panel of judges to represent Malta at two separate European competitions in Helsinki and Brussels this summer. This year JAYE Malta will also be organising activities for primary and secondary students throughout the day in what is sure to be an entrepreneurship extravaganza. Together with dedicated volunteer mentors, they will also immerse into the world of solving problems they face on a daily basis.

Start Up Programme participants explaining their business concept to members of the independent judging panel last year.Start Up Programme participants explaining their business concept to members of the independent judging panel last year.

Training activities for primary school students will be taking place in the morning, focusing on building a relationship between primary students, the participating teams and the subject of entrepreneurship. In the afternoon, an activity for secondary school students will be based on understanding how businesses can also give back to their communities.

During both activities, students will interact with other participants to gather information and learn from their experience as part of the challenge at hand. This interaction is at the heart of JAYE’s ‘learning by doing’ experiential model that helps build bridges between the various pedagogical objectives and real life outcomes of a youth’s developmental pathway.

Seventeen CP teams from MA Refalo Sixth Form in Gozo, Verdala International School, St Aloysius College Sixth Form, De La Salle College Sixth Form, St Martin’s College Sixth Form, Giovanni Curmi Higher Secondary School, GF Abela Junior College, 24 December Libyan School, MCAST and eight SUP teams from the University of Malta and St Martin’s Institute for Higher Education will be participating in the event.

Three floors at the Point will be set up with stalls and entertainment provided by the teams. JAYE Malta will also be running a quiz throughout the day for the public, with prizes awarded to those who complete the puzzle after engaging directly with the teams. Prizes include vouchers and gifts donated by sponsors and collaborators.

For more information, e-mail info@jayemalta.org, call 2124 5054 or visit http://facebook/jayemalta .

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