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Enterprise Week
13/11/2006
An extra £2 million for Determined to Succeed, the Executive's strategy to encourage young people in enterprise through education, was announced today at the beginning of Enterprise Week.
Ahead of today's Young Enterprise Scotland Conference, Deputy First Minister Nicol Stephen stressed his long-term commitment to DtS, which has over 7,000 partnerships between schools and businesses, and said that having already surpassed some key DtS participation targets was very encouraging progress.
Mr Stephen added:
"Determined to Succeed is a success - providing enterprise learning opportunities in all employment sectors to students across the country. We have significantly exceeded our targets.
"This £2 million additional funding to support enterprise learning represents an investment in the future and will deliver return on investment for tomorrow's economy.
"The results so far have been terrific - we now have over 7,000 school/business partnerships, far in excess of the target of 2,000 we set three years ago.
"Over the same period, DtS has helped boost those involved in Young Enterprise Scotland's activity from 4,000 to 41,000. This benefits not only the young people involved but also our future economic prospects.
"I want to ensure that all of Scotland's young people have the skills needed to prepare them fully for the world of enterprise and work. That is why we are continuing to develop the strength of the existing school and business partnerships as well as building new ones.
"DtS goes a long way to building confidence, ambition and an entrepreneurial outlook among students and we are committed to improving access even further to enterprise learning opportunities for all our young people.
"We have achieved great success in the three years of DtS, but we won't be complacent. DtS is here for the long term and I am committed to ensuring it continues to make a difference."
Through DtS £86 million has been made available to support enterprise education in Scotland.