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Trades training for high school students

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-322" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;SN16-OtagoPolytech&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SN16-OtagoPolytech" width&equals;"200" height&equals;"150" &sol;>A trades academy designed for teenagers who want to get started on trade qualifications while they&&num;8217&semi;re still at high school&comma; is now on offer at Otago Polytech Central Otago campus for 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Academy is a partnership between Otago Polytechnic and the four Central Otago secondary schools – Wakatipu High School&comma; Mt Aspiring College&comma; Cromwell College and Dunstan High School&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Otago Polytechnic regional manager Jean Tilleyshort says the schools and the polytech are working together as part of a genuine commitment to providing the best possible education for all students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;ve worked to get the Academy in place because we want parents and students to know that this is an option available now&period; Our goal is to keep these teens in school and to make school more relevant to them by providing some hands on instruction in areas of interest&period; Otherwise&comma; they might leave without qualifications and without reaching their potential&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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