THE Department of Education and Training rewarded two Braybrook College students last Thursday for achievements in their vocational education and training (VET) studies.
Year 12 students Francis Tearii and Nathan Scott were among 42 students from the West to receive awards.
Meagan Welsh, the college’s VET furnishing teacher, said she nominated the students for their ability to consistently produce a high level of work, when in year 11.
She said it was usual for students to be interested in the “hands-on” aspect of the course and not the theory aspect.
“But these boys paid attention to their theory and produced very good work,” she said.
“They were role models in the classroom and helped other kids with their work.
“They also produced outstanding practical work.”
Brett New, the acting director of the Western Metropolitan Region, Department of Education and Training, presented the awards at Whitten Oval in Footscray.
Both Mr Tearii and Mr Scott also received a cheque for $200 from the cabinet makers, Claytons.
The Western Local Community Partnership and three Western Region Local Learning and Employment Networks supported the awards.
Three schools, representing the state, Catholic and independent sectors of education, became signatories to the Western Youth Futures (WYF).
WYF is committed to the principles of tackling social and educations issues facing young people in the municipalities of Brimbank, Melton, Maribyrnong, Moonee Valley, Wyndham and Hobsons Bay.
The three colleges that made the annual declaration were Delahey’s Copperfield Secondary College, Altona’s Mt St Josephs Catholic College and Essendon’s Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar.
Different schools annually sign the WYF memorandum of understanding, making a commitment to ensure that “transition support is available for young people identified as potential early school leavers and that adequate re-integration support is identified and provided for young people who have been disengaged from formal learning”.
