Over 100 graduate with new skills, 77 employed

Attendees at Friday’s Board of Industrial Training Graduation ceremony.

Some 77 of the over 100 newly-skilled youth and single parents who graduated on Friday from the National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) and Single Parents at the Essequibo Technical Institute (ETI), have already found employment.

This announcement was made when the Board of Industrial Training held its annual graduation ceremony for the students from various areas of Essequibo and the hinterland community of Kabakaburi. They are now skilled in work disciplines such as cosmetology, garment construction, catering, typing, mechanics, welding among others.

Noted too was that 15 graduates are