Secondary School Business Simulation Competition

The Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business continues to support secondary school students with more than $700,000 TTD in scholarships and technology prizes for the Secondary School Business Simulation Competition.  

The Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business
UWI Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business congratulates Naparima College on winning the Inaugural 2023 Secondary School Business Simulation Competition and $120,000 in scholarships

Cycle 2 Winners

Cycle 2 - 1st Place Winners

Couva East Secondary

Cycle 2 - 2nd Place Winners

Naparima College

Cycle 2 - 3rd Place Winners

Fatima College

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Congratulations to all students!

Nurturing Future Business Leaders

Join us in celebrating the achievements 115 bright young entrepreneurs from 23 secondary schools at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business National Secondary School Business Simulation Game Competition Award Ceremony. This prestigious event recognised the outstanding talents and business acumen of our local students as they showcased their innovative ideas and entrepreneurial skills while competing in October-November 2023.


The National Secondary School Business Simulation Game Competition is designed to provide students with an immersive and hands-on learning experience in the world of business. Through this competition, students develop a solid understanding of business principles, financial management, marketing strategies and teamwork.
Awards Ceremony Highlights
The award ceremony featured inspirational keynote speeches from Dr. Ron Sookram, Academic Director of ALJGSB and Ms. Roberta Phillip from the Ministry of Education.


Kiss Baking Company, Bermudez Group Limited, Republic Bank Limited, PowerGen, Caribbean Gas Chemicals Limited, Teleios Systems Limited, PBS Technologies and Memory Bank Computers also attended as sponsors and presented the awards to the winning students.
Couva East Secondary School won the competition and $120,000 in Scholarships for the team members for the Bachelor of International Business and Laptops courtesy Kiss Baking Company and Bermudez Group Limited.


The second-place winners, Naparima College won $90,000 in scholarships and iPhones courtesy ALJGSB while the third place winners, Fatima College received $60,000 in scholarships and ipads from PowerGen, Caribbean Gas Chemicals Limited, PBS Technologies and Memory Bank Computers. Fourth place winners Success Laventille Secondary was awarded Savings Accounts worth $500. courtesy Republic Bank Limited.


The teachers of the winning schools were also granted access to a professional development course at the Business School and the Business Teacher of the winning school received a Laptop courtesy Teleios Systems Limited. All other participating students received a $2,000. tuition discount each towards the Bachelor programme at Arthur Lok Jack GSB.

Congratulations to all students!

Sponsors

The school’s participating in Cycle 2 of the competition

  • ASJA Boys' College -San Fernando
  • ASJA Girls College San Fernando
  • Biche Secondary School
  • Chaguanas South Secondary School
  • Corpus Christi College of Occupational Education and Training
  • Couva East Secondary School
  • Cowen Hamilton Secondary School
  • Debe Secondary
  • Diego Martin North Secondary School
  • El Dorado East Secondary
  • Fatima College
  • Maple Leaf International School MLIS
  • Naparima College
  • Naparima Girls' High School
  • Parvati Girls' Hindu College
  • Preysal Secondary School
  • Providence Girl's Catholic School
  • San Juan South Secondary
  • Saraswati Girls' Hindu College
  • St. Anthony's College
  • St. Francois Girls College
  • Success Laventille Secondary School
  • Vishnu Boys Hindu College
  • Waterloo Secondary School

Cycle 1 Recap

UWI Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business hosted a 4 month business simulation competition with  80+ examination students from 17 secondary schools during the period January –  April 2023. 

After eight rounds of competition the winning schools were awarded at the Business School’s Mt. Hope Campus on April 14th, 2023 by Nisa Suepaul, Curriculum Coordinator Ag., Ministry of Education; Mariano Browne, CEO of Lok Jack GSB, Dr. Ron Sookram, Academic Director of Lok Jack GSB and Dr. Miguel Dindial, Programme Lead of the Bachelor of International Business. 

 The 5 member teams made weekly business decisions based on the context and competitor actions in their assigned universe. There were three universes to allow the students to compete with each in their allocated market.

The objective of the simulation competition is to assist students in applying their business knowledge, to help them better understand the concepts being taught as part of the CXC Syllabus. The students from the top three teams won partial scholarships for the Bachelor of International Business at the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business and the opportunity to interact with alumni for career guidance.

 

Lok Jack GSB Academic Director, Dr. Ron Sookram said, “Through this simulation students are given a holistic experience into the world of business richly complementing what they cover in the classroom”.

Naparima College won the competition and $120,000 in Scholarships for the team members for the Bachelor of International Business.  The second place winners, St. Anthony’s College won $90,000 in scholarships, while the third place winners received $60,000 in scholarships.

The teachers of the winning schools also granted access to a professional development course at the Business School, and all participating students received a $6,000 tuition discount towards the Bachelor programme at Lok Jack GSB.   

More than $690,000 in Scholarships have been made available to the participants of the Secondary School Business Simulation Competition. 

Congratulations to the winning team!  We look forward to the next cycle of the business simulation competition in October 2023. 

To find out how your secondary school can participate in the next business simulation competition, contact Kersha Garner at k.garner@lokjackgsb.edu.tt

The school’s that participated in cycle 1 of the competition

  • Palo Seco Secondary School
  • Parvati Girls Hindu School
  • San Juan South Secondary School
  • St. James Secondary School
  • El Dorado West Secondary School
  • Marabella North Secondary School
  • Maple Leaf International School
  • ASJA Girls San Fernando Secondary School
  • Caribbean Union College SDA
  • Success Laventille Secondary School
  • Debe Secondary School
  • St. Anthony’s Secondary School
  • Five Rivers Secondary School
  • Russel Latapy High School
  • Point Fortin East Secondary School
  • Goodwood Secondary School
  • Naparima College

First Round of Cuts

“The marketplace in which an organisation operates within is dynamic and ever changing. While these words are often spoken in the classroom, the ALJGSB simulation was able to bring it to life. 
 
Teams initially approached the simulation with a somewhat insular approach. In other words, they were focused on matching their strategic goals with company’s resources base. As the simulation progressed, they saw first had that the efficacy of an organisation’s strategy also depends on dynamic factors that residing outside the organisation. For instance, we saw teams making a more conscious efforts to understand and predict their competitive landscape – and to incorporate these predictions into their decision making process.  
 
This is a very significant learning outcome, and one that will reshape how these young students perceive business strategy.”
 

 –  Dr. Miguel Dindial, Programme Lead, Bachelor of International Business

 

For more information contact Kersha Garner at

k.garner@lokjackgsb.edu.tt