This is to notify all interested schools and students that the School Enterprise Challenge 2015 has been launched. School Enterprise Challenge is a student-led, business start-up competition for schools around the world.
This free competition guides and supports teachers and students to set up real school businesses. Students develop essential skills in business and entrepreneurship in a practical, fun and innovative way. The competition helps schools generate extra income for their school, or a social cause of their choice.
Registration for this year’s event is open from April 8th until May 20th 2015. The competition is free, global and open to all ages.
In 2014, 1250 schools in 93 countries across the world participated.
Why enter the competition?
- Schools win great prizes including places at School Enterprise Challenge international conference, laptops and cameras and cash prizes worth over $50,000!
- Gain global recognition as an entrepreneurial school.
- Raise extra income for your school.
- Become part of a global community of enterprising schools.
- Take learning out of the classroom and into the real world.
- Access to easy to follow lesson plans and educational resources including the organisation’s enterprise curriculum.
- Students experience running a real business and learn workplace skills like problem-solving, communication and teamwork.
For a full list of benefits, click here.
Schools that register for the School Enterprise Challenge 2015 will receive resources, lesson plans and templates that will allow them to introduce entrepreneurship into the curriculum, and help them to plan and launch their school business.
Note: From the date you register you will have one month to submit a business idea and get started with the competition. You are to consider this schedule when you register formally online and register at a time that will best fit with the school calendar in your country.
Click here to learn more about the competition
Click here to register
Registration is open from April 8th until May 20th 2015.
