187 graduate from BIT project in New Amsterdam

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The National Training Project for Youth Empowerment graduates

The Board of Industrial Training (BIT) last Friday, held a graduation ceremony at the New Amsterdam Town Hall, Berbice, for 187 persons who successfully completed training in more than 21 occupational areas under the National Training Project for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE).
BIT offers six months of free training for persons aged 16-20 years in various courses and for heavy-duty equipment operators in the 18 to 35 years age range.
The training was done at 28 locations in Berbice, and catered for school dropouts and unemployed persons.  Some of the courses encompassed mechanic, joinery, auto electrical, and auto body repair work.
BIT collaborated with the Health Ministry, to train persons at the health centres and hospitals which have the prerequisites.
For the first time, the ‘heavy-duty equipment operator programme’ was offered in the New Amsterdam area, with the training conducted at the New Amsterdam Technical Institute.
Thirty-nine graduated  from this programme. Fifty operators were trained before in Region Six at the Upper Corentyne Industrial Centre.
Labour Minister, Dr. Nanda Gopaul, expressed congratulations to the students for the dedication they have shown, noting that they can now be fully employed. He added that the government of Guyana has been working to ensure Spanish and other foreign languages are available in all schools.
Minister Gopaul said government has made it possible for everyone to get a good education, even allowing students in Guyana to further their studies overseas.

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