Business volunteers have run workshops in two schools teaching pupils in London’s East End skills in finance and IT technology.
One was a project for 45 Year-10 students at St Paul’s Way Secondary in Bow Common, showing how to make apps for smart phones.
The pupils had to come up with an idea for a mass market app with budget forecasts and business plans, helped by volunteers from Accenture, the management consultancy.
Another workshop included interview sessions for 180 Year-11 students at Poplar’s Langdon Park Secondary with Canary Wharf volunteers from Barclays, Lloyds and RBS banks as well as News UK and Skadden law firm. It included 30-minute ‘mock’ interviews with each student, followed by constructive feedback on their performance.
They were organised by Tower Hamlets Education Business Partnership’s ‘passport to employability’ programme teaching skills that school-leavers need in the workplace.
The Education Partnership is also organising the annual Tower Hamlets Public Speaking competition in the City tonight at Lloyd’s of London.
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