The APNU+AFC administration, through the Ministry of Education’s KuruKuru Training Centre, is currently recruiting youths between the ages of 16 and 25 years to commence skills training in October 2015.
All programmes and entry into the institution are free of cost, GINA said.
It yesterday reported Senior Training Officer, Ernestine Wade-Ramsey as saying that the recruitment drive began on June 27, 2015, and has so far received approximately 800 applications from all the administrative regions, except Region Nine. The team is expected to visit Region Nine this weekend to wrap-up the exercise.
Wade-Ramsey said that following this countrywide outreach, applications will be processed over the next few. The programme is of ten months duration and covers the following areas of training:
– Business Studies
– Carpentry
– Electrical Installation
– Furniture Making
– Garment Construction
– Masonry
– Motor Mechanics
– Plumbing and Sheet Metal
– Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
– Welding and Fabrication.
While at the institution, students will also be offered remedial Mathematics, English Language, Information Technology and Entrepreneurship.
“We have a lot to offer in this package –other benefits of the programme will allow you a monthly stipend and importantly, we have the Driver’s Education programme so you can return with your driver’s licence,” she told youths in the Moruca Sub-region, Region One, during her recent visit.
The recruitment exercise sees an examination being taken by the prospective students which is then used to determine acceptance.
The Centre also offers six weeks of work attachments, educational tours, free uniforms and meals, GINA said. Transportation to and from the centre is also provided to students. The students who will be on location at the Cen-tre’s dormitory facilities (Linden-Soesdyke Highway) for the duration of the programmes will also be exposed to sport and cultural activities and will be provided with medical services.
