More youths are now empowered through the Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) programme with the New Opportunity Corps (NOC) producing its second batch of 115 graduates last week compared to the 19 who graduated last year, the Government Information Agency reported.
On January 30, NOC commenced the second course of YEST, a programme that provides youths with life skills, technical, vocational and entrepreneurial skills in a disciplined environment.
In this GINA photo, the New Opportunity Corps YEST graduates with Permanent Secretary of the Culture, Youth and Sport Ministry Alfred King; Assistant Director of Youth, Davenand Ramdatt and UNICEF Representative Mariam Flach.