By ANDERSON, Charles Two secondary schools in the Nelson region will have the opportunity to move their students into the workforce more quickly. Minister of Education Chris Carter announced last week that a further 56 schools in New Zealand will be offered the Youth Apprenticeships Scheme.

By PAULIN, Alastair Motueka High School is the only school in the country to have won three Excellence in Teaching awards, now that Moeke Paaka has won the prestigious national prize.

Six Nelson schools are this week helping to support some of the world's poorest people. Nayland College, Hampden St School, Lower Moutere School, Riwaka School, Motueka High School and Murchison Area School are selling $2 woven "friendship bracelets" to raise funds for Volunteer Service Abroad.

Motueka High School was one of the first schools in the country to pilot the Gateway work placement course eight years ago. Students who participate in Gateway can gain unit standards to help them achieve NCEA credits.

By STICKLEY, Marcus Publicity over boarders caught growing cannabis and a racist attack on three Korean students earlier this year are partly behind a fall in Nelson College's international student enrolments, its headmaster says.