JA Mascareignes now offers Entrepreneurship Education courses with Project Management in Mauritius

The JA Mini Company Program 2021 has kicked off, with the delivery of the program materials to all the participants. This year’s edition will see the participation of around 120 students divided in 18 teams.

The theme for this year’s competition is “Innovation with Grit”, it is inspired by the need for young people to demonstrate a sense of resilience and adaptability to overcome the challenges that have happened globally in the entrepreneurship space given the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 version of the program will also include key concepts of Project Management, which were developed in collaboration with the  Project Management Institute Educational Foundation (PMIEF). It will be an opportunity for our Mauritian youth to learn about entrepreneurship and project management.

JA Mini Company Program^TM emphasizes on the business, entrepreneurship, and economics curriculum for young people aged 15 – 19 years. This program highlights business content, while providing hands-on experiences for starting, managing, and liquidating a business. Young people participating in this program use innovative thinking to learn and explore business and corporate career aspirations.

The program involves an average of 24 – 45 hours of hands-on business development experiences.  Teams are guided by a Mentor/Volunteer and/or their teacher over a period of 11 weeks. Some of the key concepts developed over the course of JA Mini Company Program^TM are: Business competition, Customer service, Division of labour, Dividends, Fixed and variable costs, Shareholders and shareholder value, Business liquidation, Parliamentary procedures, Board of directors, Management structure, Research & Development and Pricing strategies.

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