PHILIPSBURG:--- Philipsburg Jubilee Library (PJL) received a grant from the Dutch Royal Library to stimulate challenged teenagers to read. PJL Board and Management decided to use entrepreneurship as the vehicle for this reading campaign and have started ordering books about young entrepreneurship.
A lot of teenagers on our island are interested in becoming their own boss. Some even started as very young entrepreneurs, selling Spanish lime (locally called quenepa), washing cars, or packing at a supermarket. Unfortunately for many of our youths, the curricula of the primary and secondary schools have not yet been adapted to facilitate this career perspective.
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