Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu [email protected]
A TOTAL of 258 youths are today graduating from five vocational training centres in Matabeleland South at a ceremony being held at Phangani Vocational Training Centre in Insiza District.
Among the graduates, 188 are female and 70 are male.
The students, drawn from Phangani Vocational Training Centre, Avoca VTC, Esigodini VTC, Guyu VTC and Beitbridge VTC, completed courses in various disciplines, including brick and block laying, carpentry and joinery, clothing and textiles technology, hospitality and tourism, motor mechanics, metal fabrication, fitting and turning, horticulture, cosmetology and electrical engineering, including solar installation.
The youths have attained the TFE National Certificate in Training for Enterprise and are set to undergo Class 3 trade tests under the Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development Ministry’s Industrial Trade Testing Department.
Seventeen youths are set to receive awards.
The graduation ceremony is being held under the theme: “Skills Enterprise, Digitalisation: Pathway to Vision 2030”.
Chief Director in the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, Mr Elias Murinda, will officiate at the ceremony on behalf of Minister Tino Machakaire.
The Government, through the Ministry of Youth Empowerment, Development and Vocational Training, plans to establish at least one vocational training centre in every district of the country.
Vocational training centres serve as the Government’s conduits for rural industrialisation and economic development.
