| 169 graduate from NTPYE in Region 4 |  |  |  |
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| Thursday, 11 April 2013 22:55 |
THE Board of Industrial Training (BIT) yesterday held a graduation ceremony for 169 persons, who successfully completed training in over 21 occupational areas under the National Training Project for the Youth Empowerment Programme (NTPYE) and the Single Parent Training Programme.
 Some of the graduates of the National Training Programme for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) under the Board of Industrial Training at the Umana Yana just before they received their certificates The NTYPE trainees were exposed through the Brass Aluminum, Cast Iron Foundry Company (BACIF), to pattern making, welding and fabricating, fitting and metal machining. The NTYPE initiative has been one of many BIT/Private sector collaborative initiatives. Soon to be included will be additional courses such as customer care, a component included as part of the IT training.  Vice Chairman of the Board of Industrial Training (BIT), Mr. Clinton Williams, delivering the feature address Vice Chairman of BIT, Mr. Clinton Williams congratulated the batch for completing the six-month course. He said what the training has provided is the education which will further create opportunities for employment for the unemployed and school drop- outs. Mr. Williams added that there will soon be six new facilities on board to help BIT to continue training of the students. This was accommodated by the late Chairman of BIT, the Rev. Dr. Dale Bisnauth, as one of his last contributions to the programme. He succeeded in attracting several new companies/organisations including  Region 4 Chairman, Clement Corlette, speaking at the NTPYE graduation at the Umana Yana Mr. Williams highlighted that for the current batch of graduates, there has been no drop-outs, with 100% attendance by all the students. Chairman of Region 4, Clement Corlette, highlighted that the region has 133 schools that provide education, and all persons who take the opportunity to be provided with such education can contribute to positive developments in the country. “Once you have life, you can pursue education”.  A student receives her certificate from Mr. Clinton Williams, Vice-chair of the Board of Industrial Training He urged the graduates to strive to be their own entrepreneurs and the kind of persons Guyana wants, and to use the skills they have towards nation building and to continue to encourage others to get on board with the training programmes. Other attendees at the ceremony included member of the BIT and Principal of Linden Technical Institute, Mr. Denis Jaikaran, Single Parent Trainee, Ms. Cherly Perry, and officials of the Ministry of Human Services, Social Security and Labour. |