Mission Tuition Winners!

Four Nova Scotia high school students have each won $5,000 in tuition for a Nova Scotia university or college of their choice through the online game Mission Tuition.  Hear from the winners by visiting:  http://gov.ns.ca/news/smr/20090626missiontuition.asp
 

Mission Tuition was designed to encourage more high school students to plan careers in Nova Scotia, by making them aware of the range of successful business and job opportunities here at home.

More than 2,300 people played the interactive online game on www.brightcareerfutures.com, a website designed to tell Nova Scotians about opportunities in growth sectors such as aerospace, finance, skilled trades, IT and health.

The four winners, randomly chosen from more than 900 entries are: David Cann, Riverview Rural High School (Sydney); Kelsie Johnston, Sackville High School; Alessandra Pagnottella, Sacred Heart School (Halifax); and Allison Rand, Bridgewater Junior and Senior High School.

"It was a fun thing and you got to learn about your own province, which isn't something that you get the chance to do very often," said Mr. Cann, who plans to study engineering at Cape Breton University. "I want to be close to home ... to go to work and to college.

"It is a great place to be; I just love it here."

Ms. Johnston will use her prize at St. Francis Xavier University this year.

"The game was actually really interesting; I didn't know we had all of those businesses that did cool stuff," said Ms. Johnston. "Honestly, I really love where I live. I've done some travelling in my life, and its just made me realize what an amazing place Nova Scotia is and how lucky I am to be from here."

Mission Tuition featured six companies throughout the province. Players searched for clues to answer questions and collect six game pieces. A super-spy called "N" served as their guide.

"We want our young people to have the information they need to make important decisions about their future," said Frank Corbett, Minister responsible for Communications Nova Scotia. "We also want them to know that Nova Scotia can be a part of that future. Students have told us they don't know where to find the information they need, now they do with brightcareerfutures.com."

Although the game has closed, www.brightcareerfutures.com remains as a resource. The website was developed by the Department of Labour and Workforce Development, Nova Scotia Business Inc. and Nova Scotia Come to life.