A group of Derbyshire teenagers are being trained so they can teach younger pupils at their schools. Eighty students aged between 14 and 16 are to become "peer tutors".
The project, involving eight secondary schools, will see older students offer guidance and tutoring to younger children outside usual school hours.
Pupils from the schools will be trained at a conference being held at Masson Mill in Matlock Bath on Friday.
'Friendly atmosphere'
Derbyshire County Council, which has organised the project, hopes the peers will use their newly learnt skills to help in libraries and after school clubs.
Roger Taylor, chief education officer at Derbyshire County Council, said: "Learning does not stop at the school gates, it is a continual process.
"Young people spend 15% of their waking time at school so projects like these allow them to continue their learning in a friendly and fun atmosphere outside of the core school hours."
The schools involved are Aldercar Community Language College in Langley Mill, Mill Hill School in Ripley, Kirk Hallam Community Technology College, The Meadows Community School in Old Whittington, Springwell Community School in Staveley, St Thomas More RC School in Buxton, Brookfield Community School in Chesterfield and Newbold Community School in Newbold, Chesterfield.
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