The students of the 5th course of CEIP Príncipe Felipe, last week received a visit from the Mayor of Jumilla, Enrique Jimenez, who approached the Centre to see first hand, an initiative in which the school is participating again this year, led to the creation of a company, within the EME project Embark on My School, promoted by the Ministry of Education.
During the site visit, the school showed the Mayor and Councillor for Economy and Employment, Almudena Martinez, prototypes of products that are working, later, put them on sale, once studied the market, defining what price and What type of product are likely to buy.
It manufactured products to sell in the local market and regional, will be next May, at the Mini-Market, where all cooperative project will be present in the region.
Besides the mayor also wanted to be part of the cooperative "Ecoprinquin" by providing a portion of capital, like each of the students to become a member of it.
The participating schools through this way of working, are developing different areas of knowledge as linguistic communication, mathematical competence, knowledge and interaction with the physical world, information processing and digital competence for the development of entrepreneurial skills early ages, and also work well social and civic competence, cultural and artistic, as well as achieve autonomy and personal initiative.
The overall objective is to spread the entrepreneurial culture among students, promoting behaviors and attitudes of collaboration, coordination, overcoming conflicts and problems and taking responsibility.
Students take their own decisions and assume the risks undertaken and failures that may occur in their actions so that, once analyzed, will try again with fewer risks.
The mayor stressed "the importance of such initiatives for youth of tomorrow develop entrepreneurial skills", also stressed the illusion that transmit these children by creating his own company, on which said "have convinced me so much I've done so partner. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla