Speaking at the event Grace Lung, the WorldSkills Senior Manager of Partnership Programmes, underscored that young people in Africa are in dire need of world-class skilling. "It is very important for young populous nations like Uganda to refocus on globally recognized skilling programs in this particular program. We desire that our well-established WorldSkills experts will have a far-lasting impact on these young technicians currently undergoing training here at St. Joseph's Vocational Training Institute," Lung stated. She further added that WorldSkills International needs the political commitment of all nations, particularly in Africa and, more so, Uganda, where a strong recommendation is for what skills can do to empower young people that they are targeting for capacity development. The majority of these young people are marginalised hence, this should be impactful in their working lives.
Br. John Njuguna, the Deputy Director of Don Bosco Tech Africa, accentuated that the DBTA network is enthusiastic about this program. He further added that the success of this bootcamp will attract more partners to support similar initiatives for our other centres and quickly improve the skills of our technical trainers and enhance their approach to teaching. This would also enable the mobility of our trainers to exchange their skills and expertise with trainers from other centres.
The WorldSkills experts acknowledged the passion and enthusiasm of the trainees to acquire knowledge from them.
The trainees expressed their gratitude to the WorldSkills experts for empowering them with these skills that will take them to greater heights. They added that they will transfer the knowledge acquired to other trainees. This will make them outstanding in the labour market.
Key stakeholders from the industry, other TVET centres, and the government in Uganda attended the event.
Don Bosco Tech Africa's goal is to create a wonderful cascade effect that lifts the standards, and the ambitions, of skilled young people across Africa. Therefore, this initiative will later be spread to other Don Bosco TVET centres in Africa.
