MAGnet launches
A new course for Year 12 students in 2017, MAGnet, was launched with an information evening in the Maurice Hall Atrium on Tuesday, 23 August.
The course is run in partnership with Unitec, and offers students the opportunity to take their first step on a vocational pathway while still at school. Selected students spend one day a week at Unitec, and four days at MAGS undertaking a dedicated course that complements their chosen vocational pathway. All study offers credits toward NCEA Level 2.
Students were welcomed at Unitec with a powhiri, as pictured below.
Breaking down barriers
Young people are looking for more ways to engage in pathways toward careers in construction, automotive engineering and other areas that offer good paying jobs and careers. This programme is helping to break down the barriers in the transition from secondary to tertiary education.”
Mr Drumm said the success of the programme could be seen in the Year 13 students who helped welcome the new students onto the marae.
“Every day we have so many who walk through our gates – our challenge is to customise our education to cater for them as individuals. There is no better example of how to do that than this programme.”
Mr Drumm added that the students for whom MAGnet had helped attain NCEA Level 2 last year were among the record pass rate of 95%.
