JA Mascareignes Online Work Readiness Program

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Junior Achievement Mascareignes has launched the JA Mascareignes Online Work Readiness Program during the Covid-19 lockdown period.

The JA Mascareignes Online Work Readiness Program is an initiative where students aged 16-23 learn about key work-readiness skills in the comfort of their home. The program is an adaptation of the popular JA Career Success program which has been offered by JA Mascareignes since 2015.

The aim of the program is to equip the participants with the necessary skills to get and keep a job.

The program is in the format of 5 Skype sessions of 30mins each, by JA Mascareignes staff, complemented by a team activity on Google Slides and fun quizzes using Kahoot.

If you are aged between 15-25 years old, you can sign up on the following link: https://forms.gle/V7FwMCn3TihZFLVt9

 

DisinWel of Loreto College Rose Hill wins the JA Mini Company 2019

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The JA Mini Company Final 2019, the last stage of the JA Mini Company Local Competition, was held on Saturday 31st August 2019 at Le Domaine des Aubineaux. The theme for the 8th Edition was “Activate Disruptor” and the participating teams had to come up with a product idea that had the potential to disrupt a market by improving people’s lives. DisinWel of Loreto College Rose Hill came out as the winners of the JA Mini Company Competition 2019.

The JA Mini Company Program, is a hands-on program where students of Grade 12, aged 15 to 19, learn about entrepreneurship by starting and running a business. They raise the capital needed for their project, through the sales of shares, and they make a product/service which they then market and sell to the general public. The 2019 edition was launched in March and saw the participation of 33 teams from 22 secondary schools.

The Final saw 6 teams from 6 different colleges, who had made it past the preliminary stage, compete; Cuisineex_Ltd (Dr Maurice Cure SC), DisinWel (Loreto College Rose Hill), Hestia Thermoelectric Co. Ltd (Queen Elizabeth College), Momoris.org (imperial College), Parasolis Company Ltd (France Boyer de la Giroday SSS), Wise Shelter (Lady Sushil Ramgoolam SSS). They each made a 5mins PowerPoint Presentation in front of a jury, followed by 5mins of questions and answers. The team which was best able to demonstrate that it had a project which had the potential to be a disruptor, while at the same time running a sound company, won the local competition.

DisinWel will now be representing Mauritius at the JA Africa Regional Company of the Year Competition, in Accra, Ghana, from the 3rd to the 6th of December. Their product is a Towel Disinfector which enhances the process of drying and disinfection through the use of Ultra Violet light.

The winners of the competition were:

  • Winners of the JA Mini Company 2019: DisinWel (Loreto College Rose Hill)
  • 1st Runner up of the JA Mini Company 2019: Wise Shelter (Lady Sushil Ramgoolam SSS)
  • Innovation and Creativity Award: DisinWel (Loreto College Rose Hill)
  • Perseverance Award: Cuisineex_Ltd (Dr Maurice Cure State College)

The 2019 JA Mini Company Competition was sponsored by Rogers Capital.

JA Mascareignes is dedicated to work for the youth so as to provide them with the appropriate tools which will help them face the obstacles and challenges that they will encounter in the workplace, sensitize them to better understand their social and economic environments and to develop their entrepreneurship skills.

JA Mini Company Trade Fair 2019

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The JA Mini Company Trade Fair 2019 was held on the 19th July 2019 at Plaisance Shopping Village, Rose Belle.

 

JA Notre Quartier at the Society for the Welfare of the Deaf

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Junior Achievement Mascareignes implemented the JA Notre Quartier program, a contextualised version of JA our Community, with the beneficiaries of The Society for the Welfare of the Deaf” during the month of August. The program was implemented by JA staff with the help of interpreters over three days.

Using visual aids and real-life experiences, the students learnt about their economic and social environment. They enjoyed each sessions and communication was not an issue. The hands-on activities in the program facilitated the implementation and was conducive to a lot of interaction and discussion among the beneficiaries.

After having completed session two, an educational tour was organised by the school to help the students identify the different services and facilities present in their community. The students visited the community health centre and the Post Office. They also went to a bank where they learnt about the different services available there. When they were back in class for Session 3, they were able to relate what they were covering in the program with what they had seen during the outing.

During the evaluation session, one of the students explained how the program helped him to be more confident as he is now more conscious of the different facilities present in his community and how he can make use of them.

JA Mascareignes Meet a CEO Program

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The “Meet a CEO program” is a Junior Achievement Mascareignes initiative where a small group of Grade 12 students meet and interact with the CEO of a company for a minimum of 30 minutes. It is an opportunity for youngsters to meet with a CEO, to learn about what it takes to be at the head of a company and to get an insight of the World of Work.

Junior Achievement Mascareignes ran the JA Meet the CEO Program in the context of the celebration of the International Youth Day, which will be held on the 12th August 2019. Two Sessions whereby on the 8th of August, 4 students met with Mr. Mathieu Mandeng, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Mauritius. The key to being a CEO was explained to our young participants and he then took the students on tour around the bank and introduced them to the different departments. The major take away of Day 1 was how as a CEO he inspired our youngsters: «My role as a CEO is to create the environment that ensures that each individual in this bank is able to experience the best version of himself/herself”

On the 9th of August, 8 students met with the CEO of Rogers Capital, Mr Kabir Ruhee. As the young participants eagerly asked a lot of questions, he patiently explained his journey to being a CEO and advised our young students to work hard and diligently no matter what the job is: “Do what you are passionate about and become the best version of yourselves, the thing to do is to never have regrets so that you leave the past in the past.”

For, Motasim Mauthoor, student of Grade 12 science side, “Today we got the opportunity to meet the CEO of a company. He has really inspired us and helped us to make the right choices in our future career. I have learnt a lot about the World of Work. For us, the CEO of a company was a great figure that we admired, but we were able to learn about his day to day and what it really meant to be in his shoes.”

For Bhavinee Bucktowar, student of Grade 12 Business side, “It was very interesting to meet a CEO. What I have learnt from him, is that it is not just about taking big decisions for the company, but most importantly about motivating the people who work in the organisation to make the most of their career.“