Job readiness scheme sees 238 youths graduate

Minister of Labour Joseph Hamilton (left) handing out a certificate

Two hundred and thirty-eight youths are now better prepared with the knowledge and skills to prepare them for employment, following a graduation ceremony at the Guyana Police Force, Officers’ Training Centre on Friday.

Joseph Hamilton, Minister of Labour; Safety, Security, Health and Environment  Manager of ExxonMobil,  Adam Cantu; Executive Director of SSYDR Inc., Magda Griffith-France and other were in attendance.

A release from the Ministry of  Labour said that this was made possible by a collaboration between Specialists in Sustained Youth  Development and Research Inc. (SSYDR) and ExxonMobil Guyana on the job-readiness summer camp initiative.