Despite the inability of Labour Minister Dr Nanda Gopaul to provide general unemployment statistics, the opposition on Thursday spared the Board of Industrial Training (BIT) from planned cuts of allocations in this year’s budget.
According to the Notice Papers submitted by the opposition ahead of the consideration of the estimates in the Committee of Supply, the AFC wanted a total cut to the $224 million for the BIT, while APNU proposed a cut of $84 million. However, both stood down on their proposed cuts.
Gopaul said that the Labour Ministry’s programmes have been training a number of young persons in various communities over the years.