Kwara : 400 YEEGS Beneficiaries Receive Vocational Training In IVTEC… Graduation Ceremony To Hold Soon
Four hundred young people ,who were enrolled in the International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase-Ipo , Kwara state under the Youth Empowerment and Employment Generation Scheme (YEEGS) , had since received vocational training and would be leaving the school soon.
YEEGS is the brainchild of the Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq administration.
IVTEC in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by its Registrar, Mr Lateef Lawal on Tuesday noted that the YEEGS beneficiaries have received vocational training in Automotive Mechanics, Automotive Mechatronics , Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing and among other things.
‘There is no gainsaying that Kwara State has experienced phenomenal and commendable progress under the Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq administration. The education sector is not left out in the major developmental changes that have taken place across the state as Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq’s passion for youth development and empowerment has rekindled the state’s commitment to Technical and Vocational Education.
This commitment to Technical and Vocational Education gave birth to the Kwara State Government Youth Empowerment and Employment Generation Scheme (YEEGS). The programme which was flagged-off in October, 2021 as a collaborative partnership between the Kwara State Government and the International Vocational, Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC) has indeed recorded high success rate and tremendous impact on the young people as well as the development of the State as a whole.
The programme is designed to promote viable and measurable occupational skills training to increase the effectiveness of efforts of government to combat youth unemployment and poverty as well as to generate employment and increase entrepreneurship opportunities among the teeming young people in the state. It entails an intensive three- month in-center training, followed by a mandatory three-month industrial attachment at the appropriate industry/business.
It is instructive to note that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, an educationist par excellence, is indeed worthy of commendation for his dogged commitment and unwavering passion in respect of the young people getting equipped with various vocational skills that will empower and make them become entrepreneurs and employers of labour.
Beneficiaries of the KWYEEGS programme are awarded a full scholarship for the 6-month training which covers the following:
Full tuition fee
Monthly stipend of Five Thousand Naira (5,000) each for six months
Personal Protective Equipment
Training consumables and
Start-up package after successful completion of the programme.
Young people are trained in the following :
Automotive Mechanics
Automotive Mechatronics
Carpentry
Masonry
Plumbing
Electrical Installations and Maintenance
Winding of Electrical Machines
Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC)
Hospitality and Tourism Management
Closed Circuit Television and Internet Access Installation
Computer Hardware Repairs and Maintenance
System Security and Networking
Web Application (Design and Development
Computer Appreciation and Desktop Publishing
Welding and Fabrication Technology.
Fashion Designing
Artificial Intelligence, IOT and Robotics Technology
Shoe Making
Cyber-Security and Threat Management
Advanced Technology in Mobile Telephone Repairs
Power Engine Repairs and Maintenance
Graphics Design and Data Management
Since October, 2021 when the programme commenced, IVTEC has successfully trained over 400 young people across the sixteen (16) Local Government Areas (LGA) in the two batches of the programme. A third batch of 200 beneficiaries of the KWYEEGS programme is currently undergoing the mandatory industrial training.
In September, 2022, the College launched its portal for registration for the fourth batch of the programme and it is interesting to note that within a few days, the College received close to 7,000 applications. This, undoubtedly, obviates the fact that Kwara State youths are keen on vocational and technical skills acquisition. The selection process for the fourth batch has commenced and successful candidates would be duly contacted.
By the end of the year, the Kwara State Government would have sponsored over 600 beneficiaries under the YEEGS programme across the sixteen (16) Local Government Areas (LGA)’ the statement said.
IVTEC has also announced plans to hold graduation ceremony for the YEEGS beneficiaries at a future date .
‘The college is set to graduate the first and second batches of the Youths Empowerment and Employment Generation Scheme (KWYEEGS) that have successfully completed their six- month training along with other students including members of the Kwara Artisans Congress sponsored by the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) and other direct applicants. During the Graduation Ceremony, the Kwara State Government will empower 400 successful beneficiaries of the KWYEEGS Programme with business start-up package to enable them start business in their respective trade areas’ the statement added.
While urging the State Government to increase the number of the trainees, philanthropists, politicians, industrialists, corporate organizations and all well-meaning Kwarans home and abroad were also asked to support efforts of the State Government by sponsoring young people in the various trades at IVTEC , the statement noted that this , if done, will reduce unemployment and social vices among our young people and ultimately ensure the development of Kwara state- Team@orientactualmags.com
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