Author: Anonymous
July 7, 2004 -- FreshEd wants to change the current approach to promoting education to youth. Andrew Fiu, Pacific Mango’s Media Director, says that historically pacific youth have had limited success in formal education.
“In every area of education, we face challenges in participation, retention and completion. We need to start ensuring that our students leave school with qualifications that allow them to enter tertiary education and improve their employment opportunities�.
Within the next 20 years, the Pacific peoples working age population is estimated to increase by 65% (from 153,000 to 252,000) making up 8% of the total New Zealand working age group, the majority of those in Auckland. By 2016, almost half of all students will identify as being of MÃÆ'¤ori, Pacific, or Asian descent. Improving pacific youths career prospects through education, will impact on the opportunities available to them and contribute to N.Z.’s economic and social success.
FreshEd is different to other youth expo’s in that it has â€ËÅ"Activity Blocks’ interspersed throughout a programme that has successful Polynesian role models and performing artists reinforcing the message that success starts with education. Each activity block is designed by participating tertiary institutions, to be interactive and action packed, highlighting particular aspects of an actual fulltime course.
Andrew Fiu says, “We developed the FreshEd concept because traditional methods haven’t always inspired our youth to further success in education. We’re confident that by celebrating pacific island excellence and with the active support of tertiary institutions, radio stations and free concerts throughout the day by Cydel & The GrooveHouse, D1 Entertainment & Sara Jane Auva’a, the Expo will help to inspire our pacific youth to look outside the square. To realise that pacific people ahead of them are forging paths to successful careers and that they can follow�.
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