Bush said he would travel to North Carolina Monday to propose changes to the federal job training program and to Arkansas Tuesday to propose programs aimed at helping high school and college students get the training they need, particularly in math and science.

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Findings show that few people study subjects or jobs that they associate with the opposite sex either at school or college or in the training and careers later in life.

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We need training programs in high school and junior colleges that provide alternate careers to college.

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Rice believes that the training system is a great change-up for college and high-school programs and will put forth a strong effort to increase usage at the pre-professional level.

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Then the hard work begins: getting on-court training and experience, whether it's local junior level, high school or college matches.

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But the schools minister has announced plans to make the qualification voluntary - promoting autonomy rather than regulation - and to have the content of the training revised by the National College for School Leadership.

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Cook Islands young people care and are very much aware about their educational environment, be it available resources, asbestos at Nikao Maori School, flooding at Avarua School, or well trained teachers and the effect the possible closure of the Teacher Training College will have on their future.

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And I think you can bet that this administration continues to work on solutions to improve the delivery of the educational system beyond high school but not in a four-year college environment, and to ensure that individuals have the training necessary if they're not going to go on to a four-year education to be able to undertake the jobs of the 21st century.

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