Setting up a company teaches students vital skills

Learning to set up and run their own companies has also helped budding young business people improve at reading, maths, science, and other subjects.

More than 10,000 primary pupils took part last year in the Junior Entrepreneurship Programme, setting up, managing, and selling products and services in their local communities.

They generated average profits equivalent of €50 for each pupil involved, many reinvesting their returns or donating them to charity.