TEST AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION WEEK REPORT – 12/7/19

This program was held on the 10th week of Term 2. The school also had its Annual General Meeting on this day. The main purpose of the program was to showcase the students activities in the TEST classes, showcase the materials made by the Vocational classes. This program was combined with the Financial Education week. There were different programs held daily and this included putting up sayings on financial literacy, bulletin boards, drama on how an auction is carried out and it ended with students having a market day where they can sell the things they brought from home and the proceeds for the day was taken back to their families.

The main display and market day was on Friday 12/7/19 and parents and other government departments were invited to be he customers for the day for our students.

CATERING AND TAILORING ITEMS FOR EXHIBITION

CARPENTRY AND JOINERY ITEMS
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT
INDUSTRIAL ARTS
HOME ECONOMICS
COMPUTER LAB
STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WALK THROUGH PICTURES
Vocational Students explaining to students their handiwork
Students inside the computer lab
The TEST Department display was held together with the financial education week. There was hardly anything in the shop during this time. However, students were able to bring things they could sell at the end of the week. This mostly included serve of food which was mainly fish, farm products such as root crops like plantain, bananas, dalo with rourou, cassava and yams. As we had our parents on this day for the schools AGM, our parents , students and invited government workers were our customer for the day. Below are some of the pictures of the goods that were sold on that day apart from the Vocational goods products
Cassava with rourou leaves - $20 a basket
Plantain - $10 a basket
Green coconut/ lovo green coconuts - $2 each
All students products and a total sales of the day from individual students was over $3000. Their proceeds for the day are taken back home to help their own families. The main purpose of the exercise was to help students express their entrepreneurship skills as it could also contribute to their family economically. The Commerce department had programs like having a mock auction, information board on importance of budgeting and savings and other displays which was very informative to all students. This program has been an annual one and it is hoped that next year's program will be a bigger one.

Reported by

Sereana Tuapati
Acting Principal