Bundaberg North State High School students battled it out during CQUniversity’s hotly contested School Business Challenge recently, winning the rights to compete in the grand final.
The local team will join other first place winners including St Augustine’s Team 1 and Team 2 (joint winners) plus North Rockhampton State High School and Emmaus College Team 2 (joint winners) to virtually contest the grand final over the next few weeks.
They now face a challenging case study based on a café business and are to provide a presentation in video format by Wednesday 12 June.
The School Business Challenge attracted record numbers this year, with 162 students from 40 teams across 23 secondary schools.
A panel of local businesses will adjudicate the upcoming grand final.
First round competitions were staged simultaneously in Cairns, Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton and Bundaberg.
Quiz master Gerard Ilott said the competition tested a range of subject matter from the fields of accounting, business, legal studies and general knowledge, and allowed students to see how what they learn at school feeds into the real world.
“This year’s grand final winners will get ‘bragging rights’, along with a trophy, prize money and generous scholarships to study at CQUniversity,” he said.
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