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Granger lauds TVET programmes as a means of tackling youth unemployment
Leader of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) Brig. David Granger has applauded the steps taken by the Education Ministry to implement more significantly the Technical and Vocational Education Training initiative (TVET), while citing the need for more to be done.
TVET is a module of learning that focuses on acquiring knowledge that has more to do with practical work-related skills, with the impetus of trying to improve on the productivity of persons looking to diversify within the realm on hands on learning.
APNU Leader, David Granger
In a recent interview with this newspaper the Opposition Leader said “I applaud the measures being taken in Technical and Vocational Educational Training, TVET, as it’s called. We have to look at that. During the (election) campaign, I called for more agricultural institutes. Every Region should have an agricultural institute because every Region is agriculture based and particularly for the Hinterland residents they need to be trained in skills which could keep them employed in their Regions”
The focus on the initiative comes at a time when unemployment in Guyana is at an inclining 21 per cent, with a sultry air of tension prevailing among youths not having avenues for employment.
Granger said that the crux of the matter concerning youth employment has to be dealt with from the education perspective.
“The education system needs to be placed on a firmer footing to make sure that more students complete Primary and Secondary Schools. Right now the dropout level is so high and many of the dropouts are semiliterate and semi numerate, so in fact, they are not capable of getting jobs or getting employed in certain types of jobs, so we need to fix the education system first.”
To further supplement the education system Granger cited the need to look “at a series of economic enterprises such as agro-processing, which can help them to process the agricultural produce to value added products. So there is a nexus between TVET and agricultural education and employment. I believe that is one of the means that could be employed.”
Education Minister Priya Manickchand speaking on TVET, outlined what she anticipates from the offering at the secondary level. These include students having a deep interest in pursuing further studies, students certified as being competent, students being able to continue their studies in the institutions built to facilitate TVET, and that they leave certified and competent at that level, and are absorbed into the workforce of the country so that they can contribute to Guyana’s continued development.
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