This innovative project at the vocational high school Les Palmiers in Nice aims to promote the integration of young people into local businesses and will be presented at the Mediterranean University Center this Tuesday, November 20th at 7:30 PM.
Les Palmiers high school opened a “Client Relationship Negotiation” Higher National Diploma (BTS) course 3 years ago. Twenty-four newly graduated students from diverse backgrounds joined this BTS at the start of the 2012 academic year. Upon arrival, they generally lack an understanding of the stakes of this commercial training and the needs of businesses… and do not know each other.
From the start of the academic year, the school’s teams offer students a unique educational project in France to aid their integration over two weeks in the form of a challenge. Small groups, consisting of two first-year students, guided by a second-year BTS “elder,” must prospect for local businesses to identify and even secure the relevant internships for their training.
All the students took up this challenge and found 15 partner companies for their future internships, such as the Splendid Hotel in Nice, the FAM makeup school, the NRJ local radio station, Les arts graphiques printing house, the No. 1 CPMC hairdressing school, and more.
The students and teachers will present the partner companies and share their experiences, successes, as well as the challenges they faced.
The rector, the teachers, and Mr. Bergeon from the Society of Members of the Legion of Honor will reward the students who particularly distinguished themselves in this challenge.
