Few males in Republic Bank apprenticeship programme troubling

Apprentices with Republic Bank Limited employees. Chief Education Officer Olato Sam is at far left and Republic Bank’s Managing Director John Alves is at the far right.

With only nine males among the 32 apprentices in the latest Republic Bank (Guyana) Limited Youth Link Apprenticeship Programme, Chief Education Officer Olato Sam yesterday said he hoped it did not point to a deeper issue that would warrant an investigation.

Sam said he was disturbed at the few number of boys that will benefit from the programme, now in its seventh year, when he spoke