Comhairle nan Eilean Siar and partners recently secured a Skills Development Scotland contract to the value of £570,000 to support the delivery of foundation apprenticeships for the 2019/20 academic year and beyond.
Students can opt to study for a foundation apprenticeship as part of the senior phase of secondary education. They provide the appropriate underpinning knowledge and experience to enable young people to progress to modern and graduate apprenticeship programmes within the local economy and nationally.
Roadshows are now taking place throughout the Western Isles, at which representatives from the comhairle, SDS and key employers will share more information on the scheme withparents and pupils.