– Second chance for 48 early school leavers, single parents In the face of the ever growing demand for office and computer training, yet another National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) managed by the Board of Industrial Training, Ministry of Labour was launched on Friday last.Some of the 48 single parents and students who will benefit from the National Training Project for Youth Empowerment Part of a significant $86M set aside by government for empowering youths and single parents, the project entails six months of computer and office training as one of several projects planned for the year under the NTPYE.Through the Board of Industrial training the initiative will see a group of 48 single parents and early school leavers undergoing six months of in-class and on-the-job training starting tomorrow.Launched at the Gafoor Group of Companies Conference Centre,Cheap NFL jerseys China, the second batch of the NTPYE initiative were officially briefed and charged, inspirationally, by officials the likes of Private Sector Commission Chairman Captain Gerald Gouveia, to make good use of the second chance opportunity afforded them for self-development and eventual development at the national level.Referring to his childhood years of growing up in Lodge and subsequent military past, Gouveia stressed that he did not allow any adversity to influence him negatively,wholesale soccer jerseys, he encouraged that “if your mind can conceive it and your heart can believe it, you can and must achieve it with dedication.”Alana Brassington, Secretary/CEO for the Board of Industrial Training, Ministry of Labour, said the six-month duration of training will include programmes such as introduction to computers, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Publisher. Further they will be exposed to office training and other seminar presentation.A collaborative effort with the Friendship Oxygen Company,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Brassington dubbed the project a second chance for self-development through education and on-the-job training that would better make the attendees from mostly disadvantaged communities relevant to the demands of the modern work environment.Peter Assing, Managing Director of the Friendship Oxygen Company,Cheap Jerseys China, in wishing the prospective students well, said that his company remains committed to working with the Board of Industrial Training in the interest of developing the nation’s human resource.As part of his company’s partnership with the board, for the project,Cheap Jerseys From China, he is providing the building at his McDoom centre and the computers to facilitate training.The project offers free training courses that allow for mostly hands-on experiences with monthly stipends of $4,000 per participant and it cater for youths aged 15- 25.“They can’t afford it on their own and they really need the training,” Brassington said.Reflecting on the inaugural programme, Brassington noted that the former students are now totally different from when they first entered the programme. She said some of them began reading which they could not do before; others had a change in attitude and decorum.The Board of Industrial Training has been in existence since 1910 and runs a formal apprenticeship programme, while the national training project was launched by President Bharrat Jagdeo in 2005 and is administered by the Board of Industrial Training.In addition this year, the National Training Project for Youth Empowerment proposes to train 250 single parents from the single-parent register with an overall target of 1,China Jerseys Cheap,750 youths. Other presenters at the project launch were Clinton Williams, Vice Chairman, BIT, Clement Corlette Regional Chairman Region 4, Indira Bipat past student and Labour Minister Manzoor Nadir.(Mondale Smith)
