Osnovna škola Glina from September, 2016 untill August, 2019 will participate in a Erasmus+ project "Engaging Young Entrepreneurs". In this project our school will work with 5 more primary schools from Iceland, Italy, Poland, Spain and United Kingdom.

The rationale of this innovative project is to open the minds of pupils in primary schools to the joy of entrepreneurship at a time in their lives when they are full of imagination and open to new possibilities. The project will provide pupils with a set of skills that they need that will enhance their future employability. These pupils are the target group of this project as we encourage them not to be early- school leavers. This project has significant personal development impact on participating pupils, building confidence, self-awareness and self-esteem and an appreciation of individual skills and talents. This project works, it is creative and innovative and it captures the imaginations of those that take part. It is more than a traditional method of entrepreneurship education were the children listen to their teacher and make notes on business. The children will be in charge of their own business - they will conduct their own market research, create surveys, graphs, analyse data, create posters and e-journals, document the process on iPads as they go, decide on a product and think about its pros and cons, they will sell the product and work out costings and profit. The children will always be critically reflecting on their work and they complete the business process. As a result of the project, children will be enthused about business. They will consider owning a business as a career and to do this they will need to stay in school. Our project addresses the issue of early school leaving and under-achievement in Mathematics, Science and Literacy and this is what makes it an innovative project.  

List of partners in the "E Y E" project:

1. St. Brigid's Primary School, Belfast, United Kingdom
2. C.E.I.P. Victoria Díez, Hornachuelos, Spain
3. Szkola Podstawowa nr 2 im sw Wojciecha, Krakow, Poland
4. Istituto comprensivo " XX Settembre", Catania, Italy
5. Grunnskolinn Thorshofn, Thorshofn, Iceland

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