The eight learning area networks will receive a total of 140,000 in an attempt to realise the aims of the Welsh Assembly Government's Learning Country: 14-19 Learning Pathway 2002 education strategy.
The networks will be led by local education authorities, uniting schools, colleges, employers and the voluntary sector. The aim is for one in four young people under the age of 25 to become highly skilled by 2015.
Chris Webb, policy officer at the Welsh Assembly Government, said: "There will be job opportunities for youth workers to become learning coaches based in schools and to advise young people."
The pilots will run in Anglesey, Bridgend, Denbighshire, Merthyr, Neath Port Talbot, Powys, Rhondda and Wrexham.
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