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Top students rewarded with employment offers

<h3>A group of students from St Andrew&&num;8217&semi;s College in Christchurch has launched a business offering low cost tutoring as a means to reward top students with paid employment&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The business&comma; Student Direct&comma; is the brainchild of four senior students led by Nick Marriot&period; Mr Marriot says the group&&num;8217&semi;s research found that peer tutoring could make a big difference to students&&num;8217&semi; progress while also providing paid employment to high achieving students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We found that kids just needed things explained to them in a one on one environment where they were not embarrassed to ask an adult what may seem a dumb question&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he says&period; &&num;8220&semi;We also found students sometimes struggle with group settings&comma; therefore we made sure all our tutoring is done one on one&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The group has started by employing high achieving St Andrew&&num;8217&semi;s students and is keen to expand to include other schools and areas of Christchurch&comma; and then around New Zealand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Parents log onto the group&&num;8217&semi;s website and for a one-off fee can contact and book students on the books&period; Current expertise on offer includes chemistry&comma; physics&comma; economics and digital technology&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;With NCEA exams coming up in the next few months&comma; we feel the extra help could make the difference between achieving a merit or an excellence for many pupils&comma;&&num;8221&semi; says Mr Marriott&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; justify&semi;"> <&sol;p>&NewLine;

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