Looking on is Henning Post, the Head of Training at Krones (Photo: Courtesy)NAIROBI, KENYA: The World Youth Skills Day (WYSD 2020) is celebrated on July 15, every year. The United Nations invented day aims at spreading awareness of the importance that technical and vocational education, training, and the development of new skills holds in our lives and is relevant to both local and global economies. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown measures have led to the worldwide closure of TVET institutions, threatening the continuity of skills development. In response to companies having to retrain fresh graduates, GIZ is piloting the cooperative (or dual) vocational training as an important ingredient in equipping youth with demand-oriented vocational skills for the labour market. Through the implementation of the competence-based education and training model that encourages stronger collaboration between technical training institutions and private sector companies, students will spend 50 per cent of their time in TTIs.

Source: Standard Digital July 15, 2020 06:43 UTC