Fun career exploration activities are a great strategy to get students interested in learning about different careers. JAA continued to carry out "Career Day" activities in the period September-December 2022 in partnership with five 9-year-old schools in Tirana, Durrës and Elbasan. 210 students were involved in interrelated activities developed by JAA in the school premises and which basically aimed to help them identify their interests, talents and abilities.
686 teachers of Citizenship subjects of the third, sixth and eighth grades of 9-year education from 15 Local Education Offices in Albania were included in the 36 trainings carried out by JAA in the period September - December 2022. The participants increased their knowledge and developed skills practice in giving JAA modules during the teaching process in the classes where they teach. Such trainings accredited by the Ministry of Education and Sports will continue to be developed by JAA in order to increase the quality of teaching and financial education and entrepreneurship for children and young people in Albania.
81 students from 5 public and private Faculties and Universities in Albania were included during the month of December in the second training organized by Junior Achievement of Albania within the Debating Economics program. The students involved in the training are part of the Debate Clubs set up by JAA in partnership with the respective Universities.
The second training, part of a training cycle for Debate Club students, aims to develop and apply one of the main skills of the millennial, such as critical thinking. Students were introduced to key elements of critical thinking and developed practical skills to be better debaters.
86 teachers of higher secondary education in Albania were included in the trainings developed by JAA in the period November-December 2022. ” and “Director for a Day” to expand knowledge and develop skills that enable the effective development of the lesson and transfer of knowledge and skills to students. The "Team Building in Adolescence" module, accredited and applied for the first time, was found with interest by the participating teachers from both upper secondary and lower secondary schools.
On October 26-28, 2022, the Regional Entrepreneurship Learning Partnership Building Forum was organized within the BY LEAP project (Balkan Youth: Linking Education, Skills and Partnership Potential in Regional Employment Practice) funded by the European Union and implemented by JA Serbia. coordinator), National Youth Council of Macedonia, JA of Albania, WEBIN, JA Turkiye, Munja, SBC and JA Europe. The Regional Forum for Building Entrepreneurial Learning Partnership brought together 120 participants from CSOs in the region, government and professional bodies , young entrepreneurs and successful student companies in order to promote partnership building with a regional perspective. Also, the summary of regional policies regarding the regulation of student and youth companies in different regional contexts was presented and debated. National level exit strategies were presented to discuss the partnership's involvement in the process of assessing the limitation of strategic frameworks and recommendations for contributions to new frameworks being developed.
In 81 secondary schools in Albania, about 4,000 students follow the elective modules of JAA "Student Society" and "Leader for a day" for the academic year 2022-2023. During the month of November, JA trained 43 teachers, developing their practical skills in delivering JAA modules during the teaching process in the classrooms where they teach.
Through 3 online trainings carried out by JAA in November 2022, 143 students following the "Student Society" module got to know and discussed the methodology they should follow to identify the business idea, as the first step for the establishment and operation of "Students" . The company". The knowledge gained will help them apply in practical conditions with students in their classes as they prepare to apply to JAA with their business idea.
During November, JA has developed 2 innovation camps, in the cities of Tirana and Elbasan, with 80 high school students. The young people were presented with a challenge during which they had to find an innovative choice that they could implement in the form of a business. This activity helped the students to further develop their presentation skills, to identify and solve problems such as and the generation of innovative ideas. Other similar activities await us in the future.
