Midlands Youth Apprenticeship Program Launches with
Student Signing Day Winter 2018-19
High school students signed on to earn college credit, on-the-job experience, and a paycheck all before graduating from high school as a part of the Midlands Youth Apprenticeship (MYA) Program.
The MYA is a program designed to help create a talent pipeline for area businesses while creating a viable workplace path for students after high school.
“Finding a skilled workforce continues to be a challenge for certain industry sectors. From 2014 to 2024, the Midlands health care and social assistance industry should see an increase of 8,510 jobs,” said Carl Blackstone, President and CEO of the Columbia Chamber. “The MYA program fulfills a need expressed by businesses for skilled workers and equips a high school student with a job that can provide a solid and stable foundation upon which to build a prosperous life.”
The MYA inaugural class participants came from Richland School District Two and are working at Nephron Pharmaceuticals, PRISMA Health, and LTC Health Solutions.
“MTC will give these students the best education in their technical areas, while our corporate partners will provide the scholarship dollars that ensure the cost of college is not a barrier to student success,” said MTC President Rhames. “This first class of students is laying the groundwork for generations to come. Their success in the classroom and their careers will be an example of what happens when businesses like Nephron, PRISMA Health, and LTC Health Solutions invest in education. I commend these companies for moving early in the educational process to identify and develop the talent to fill their most critical positions.”
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