NDE trains Adamawa graduates on employment techniques
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Yola, Nov. 1, 2016 (NAN) The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Tuesday in Yola commenced a five-day training for 45 beneficiaries of the Graduate Attachment Programme (GAP) in Adamawa.
The Acting Director General of NDE, Mr. Kunle Obayan, who was represented by the Adamawa State Coordinator of NDE, Mallam Ismaila Yaradua, said the training by the Special Public Works Department (SPW) of the directorate was meant to enhance the graduates so that they would be retained in their areas of attachment.
“This training on enhancing employability of GAP beneficiaries is designed to provide skills and personal attributes for the beneficiaries as part of the innovations not just by SPW department but by the entire NDE to be in tune with evolving technological advancement and meeting with current realities.
“The modification also is to prepare the beneficiaries for proactive and productive performance in carrying out their assignment in the various places of attachment that may lead to their retention and to discover themselves for self employment.”
Obayan disclosed that NDE was currently modified with new employment schemes targeted at new diverse groups such as the School-To-Work scheme for secondary school students now being tried in some selected states.
“The initial target group of the scheme is secondary school students in JSS 2 to SS 2. This initiative is aimed at imparting vocational skills on students as part of their schools’ curricular.
“The trades the students will be engaged in cut across numerous aspects of vocational and technical skills.”
The DG also listed the “Smart Farmer” as another new scheme embarked on by the directorate.
While noting that NDE would continue to strive in meeting the demands of the present unemployment situation, he lauded Adamawa government for its support to NDE programmes in the state.
The Assistant Director in charge of Special Public Works (SPW) of the directorate, Mr Christopher Bamsida, urged the beneficiaries to optimize the opportunity given them by taking the training seriously.
Bamsida said that the directorate, with the commitment of the trainees, wanted to ensure that about 70 per cent of them were retained at the end of their six-month attachment. (NAN)
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Edited by Idris abdulrahman