The Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training is ensuring that students across the country have access to technical vocational training opportunities.
This according to Line Minister, Professor Prakash Persad as he accompanied the Touch of TVET caravan to Sangre Grande this weekend.
Scores of parents, guardians and students turned out to the Ministry of Tertiary Education and Skills Training’s Touch of TVET event in Sangre Grande on Saturday.
Line Minister, Professor Prakash Persad shared the government’s objectives for the Technical and Vocational Education and Training or TVET, policy.
“One of our key priorities in advancing the National TVET policy is through the National Training Agency. This policy framework establishes a more coordinated, responsive and effective national skills development system. It also seeks to strengthen the alignment between training programmes and labour market demands, ensuring that the competencies developed are relevant to the employers’ needs and emerging industries and to support greater consistency in training standards.”
The Minister also set out the National TVET Policy’s main goals, which are intended to strengthen skills development and workforce readiness.
“Importantly the policy seeks to strengthen collaboration between between government, trading providers, and industry, creating a system in which education and trading are directly connected to economic priorities. So our objective is to move beyond simply providing training opportunities, but also to ensure that the training we provide translates into recognizable qualifications, meaningful employment, and increase national productivity, and also financial independence.”
Minister Persad noted that the programmes being offered are accredited and recognized globally.
“The qualifications in Trinidad is being used everywhere. I use the example before of building a nuclear power plant in England, which is the highest, most safe technology. And technicians trained in Trinidad are working there.”
Personnel from the National Training Agency, the University of Trinidad and Tobago, National Employment Service and a host of other academic agencies were on hand at the event.