Getting down to business: Students learn through running coop clubs

Through coop clubs, students from 13 schools pick up skills involved in running a business

(From far left) Raffles Institution alumni Darren Wee and Chloe Chong with Year 6 students Li Qing Ke and Karen Wong. Ren.co, the social enterprise arm of the school's Raffles Entrepreneur Network, sells school T-shirts and drawstring bags designed b
Hong Kah Secondary School students Siti Afrida Yanti Rizawati Ridzuan and Joseph Goh with the items sold at the school's coop. The items for sale are made by students in the design and technology lab. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
(From far left) Raffles Institution alumni Darren Wee and Chloe Chong with Year 6 students Li Qing Ke and Karen Wong. Ren.co, the social enterprise arm of the school's Raffles Entrepreneur Network, sells school T-shirts and drawstring bags designed b
(From left) Raffles Institution alumni Darren Wee and Chloe Chong with Year 6 students Li Qing Ke and Karen Wong. Ren.co, the social enterprise arm of the school's Raffles Entrepreneur Network, sells school T-shirts and drawstring bags designed by students. ST PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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April 16, 2018 at 5:00 AM
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They may be young, but some students are already learning how to run a business.

From sourcing products and doing market surveys to managing accounts and manning counters, students from 13 schools have been involved in a Singapore National Cooperative Federation (SNCF) initiative to learn what it takes to run a social entrepreneurship.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on April 16, 2018, with the headline Getting down to business: Students learn through running coop clubs. Subscribe

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