Four hundred thirty three persons, mostly young women graduated from the vocational skills training programmes of the Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport’s Youth Entrepreneurial Skills Training (YEST) Programme.GINA said that a graduation ceremony for the students was held this morning at the National Cultural Centre, Georgetown. The graduating students were drawn from centres across Guyana; 212 students from the training centre at Kuru Kuru, 167 from Sophia and another 54 from the Vryman’s Erven Training Centre. This was the largest single graduation class that the programme has ever had.
(From left seated) Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport Alfred King; Minister in the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry; Senior Training Officer, KKTC, E Wade-Ramsey and Assistant Director of Youth Brian King with the trainers and lecturers that were honoured at the graduation exercise. (GINA photo)
Minister in the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry (left) handing over a plaque to the Best Graduating Student from the Vryman’s Erven Training Centre Shaquilla Sharpe (GINA photo)
Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Department of Culture, Youth and Sport Alfred King (right) present a certificate to this graduate. (GINA photo)
Minister in the Ministry of Education Nicolette Henry addressing the 2015 YEST Graduation exercise (GINA photo)
A section of the graduates at the graduation ceremony (GINA photo)
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