Dunfermline project to help school leavers impresses Education Minister
Mike Russell, the education minister, was impressed on a visit to Dunfermline's Tower House Centre.
- By Craig Smith
- Published in the Courier : 10.10.11
- Published online : 14.10.11 @ 03.18pm
The centre is the focus of a project under the Scottish Government 16+ Learning Choices framework.
Recent school leavers are supported in the transition from school to college and employment.
Activity agreement programmes are being developed across Scotland to support young people who have been unable to find employment or a place in further or higher education.
They are delivered by trained youth workers who can deliver workshops on knife crime, drugs, and sexual health.
Young people receive help to improve their literacy and they can participate in outdoor activity, sport, art, music and media work.
All participants work through the nationally-recognised Bronze Youth award.
This year Tower House developed a summer school to which the group were invited as a voluntary addition to the main programme.
Most took this up and have been busy on a number of projects.
Mr Russell was keen to hear from the young people and was joined by education and children's services committee Douglas Chapman.
Mr Russell said: "My visit to Dunfermline has illustrated the key role this important area of post-school support plays for young people.
"I am grateful for the opportunity to speak directly with the young people involved in this programme and wish them every success for the future."
Mr Chapman said: "This type of activity, along with our commitment to EMAs, has been very successful in re-engaging young people who are hardest to reach."
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this sounds like one of those later than they ought to be youth intervention schemes for young people who have been going off the rails for some time.If I were the minister I'd be asking the Education Dept.how is it after at least 11 years of modern Education they still require help with literacy.
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