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| Teachers-in-charge Mr Anthony Tang
and Mr Dominic Goh (standing extreme left and 2nd
right) pose proudly with student leaders from the
Normal (Technical) stream who worked hard to make
the bazaar a resounding success.. |
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IT WAS a bazaar like no other. Sales
were so brisk that all items were snapped up in less than two
hours. No, this was not the Great Singapore Sale, but Bowen’s
Project “INcubating Street-wise Pupils Into Responsible Entrepreneurs”,
better known by its acronym “INSPIRE”.
Conceived by the Lower Secondary Normal (Technical) students
and supported by their Computer Programming and Applications
(CPA) teachers, Project INSPIRE showcased the entrepreneurial
talents of the Normal (Technical) students through creative
enterprise.
And it was creativity at its most ingenious. Gift items, greeting
cards, accessories and household decorations were painstakingly
hand crafted into works of exquisite beauty and exceptional
quality from the most rudimentary of household materials such
as coloured straws, chopsticks and paper plates.
These budding entrepreneurs had to rely on one another’s wit,
energy and marketing skills to boost sales. The fact that the
bazaar netted a profit of almost S$1,000 from a modest capital
sum of just S$200 spoke volumes of the young entrepreneurs’
excellent team spirit and marketing prowess.
However, it was in the intangibles that the entrepreneurs scored.
While a fifth of the profits was shared among themselves, the
rest was generously donated to the school’s funds for the needy.
Teachers were obviously much heartened by their students’ gracious
gesture.
In a presentation of the project to Temasek Polytechnic, student
leader Ezekial Inban of Secondary 1I echoed his teachers’
sentiments. “We learnt about teamwork and self-reliance
but, more importantly, the project taught us social responsibility
towards the less fortunate in our midst.”
So, who says entrepreneurship cannot be an ennobling experience?
Contributed by Bowen Secondary School |
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