Victorian Students Win Prime Minister’s Awards
Congratulations to Victorian students Geoffrey Lewis, Billy McNeil and Anthony De Blasio, who have each been awarded a Prime Minister’s Award as part of the 2010 Australian Vocational Student Prize and Prime Minister’s Award for Skills Excellence in School.
Only 17 Prime Minister’s Awards were presented to the highest achieving students across Australia, which highlights the strength of Victoria’s thriving vocational education and training sector.
Victorian winners were Geoffrey Lewis from Mansfield Secondary College who received his award in the services industry group category; Billy McNeil from Monivae College in Hamilton who won his award in the electro-communications and energy utilities industry group category and Anthony De Blasio from Sandringham College who won his award in the Victoria state category.
For more information about the awards visit the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations website.
To find out more about getting involved in school-based vocational education and training, visit Victoria’s Department of Education and Early Childhood website.