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  • ‘A’ Division Youth hosts Career Day

    ‘A’ Division Youth hosts Career Day

    – as Police Force continues to keep youths actively involved

    DPI, Guyana, Saturday, April 6, 2019

    Scores of youth from communities in Georgetown and along the East Bank of Demerara, who comprise the Guyana Police Force’s (GPF) ‘A’ Division youth groups benefitted from a massive career day exercise held at the Police Sports Club Ground.

    This activity is the 5th annual instalment and was envisioned to change the direction of the lives of youths living in these areas.

    The career day is meant to play an instrumental role in providing youths with vital information on possible career paths in order to establish themselves as productive members of society.

    Deputy Commissioner (Administration), Paul Williams DSM.
    Deputy Commissioner (Administration), Paul Williams DSM.
    Youngsters enjoying a bike race.
    Youngsters enjoying a bike race.
    A youth dressed as a flight attendant.
    A youth dressed as a flight attendant.

    Deputy Commissioner (Administration), Paul Williams DSM, said that the occasion means a lot to the GPF.

    In 1992, under the stewardship of Laurie Leyland Lewis, the GPF embarked upon engagements with vulnerable youths to reduce their inclination to crime. With that engagement, the assessment was made to target ‘Rosemary Lane’ (Tiger Bay). Beginning with only five youth, the ‘A’ Division youth group grew explosively over the years.

    He added that upon the realisation that the interventions within the community was effective and had significantly reduced the crime rates in the targeted areas, the GPF continued its involvement to ensure youths maintained their upward mobility.

    Several of the youth involved in the programmes also joined the GPF.

    “It will help us to develop the youth and give them an opportunity to see that there is much more offered in life than what they usually see,” Williams said.

    Themed “empowering positive change through career exploration, think outside the box, sweet success”, the activity saw exhibits and career advice from the Guyana Police Force, The Guyana Defense Force, CARICOM Secretariat, the Government Technical Institute, The Guyana Fire Service, and UNICOMER Inc. (Courts) as well as career opportunities from Qualfon Guyana Inc. and interactive information booths by the Guyana Responsible Parenthood Association (GRPA) along with the Ministry of Public Health.

    Nateshia Isaacs.

    Images: Giovanni Gajie.

  • UG hosts its annual Career Fair and Open Day

    UG hosts its annual Career Fair and Open Day

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    DPI, Guyana, Friday, February 16, 2018

    The University of Guyana (UG) today hosted its annual Career Fair and Open Day on its Turkeyen Campus grounds under the theme “Expanding your horizons, Exploring the possibilities”.

    One of the demonstrations that held students enthralled at the UG Career Day fair.

    The activity saw scores of students from various secondary schools in attendance from Regions Three, Four, Five, and Six.

    Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ivelaw Griffith commented on the tremendous turnout and noted that one important objective of the career day is to engage prospective students in understanding the wide scope of opportunities UG presents to them.

    “The career fair is [being hosted] in part to enable people who will be going to university to hear what options are available. Sometimes there are interests that they have only because they don’t know of the other areas, this allows them to know beyond what their boundaries are.”

    The fair was packed with information and edutainment booths, demonstrations, activities, experiments, hands-on experience, and exhibitions from all faculties. Added to that, departments spread across the campus, as well as businesses and agencies which partner with the University to provide internships, part-time and full-time jobs to second, 3rd and 4th year UG students.

    The booths showcased products, innovations, knowledge about various departments and learning opportunities as well as information on careers associated with various fields of experience.

    Hadassah Lewi, of the North Georgetown Secondary School.

    The Department of Public Information, (DPI) spoke to some of the secondary school students attending the fair to hear firsthand how it impacted them.

    Hadassah Lewi, a fifth form student of the North Georgetown Secondary School, told DPI that following the fair, she definitely intends to enroll at the University of Guyana.

    “I’ve never been here, so coming today was actually very informative…. It was actually beyond my expectations. I had no idea there were so many faculties here. I learned about science, the different aspects of math and so on,” Lewi noted.

    Ellion Beaton, a sixth form student of the Bishops’ High School, expressed his satisfaction with the event.

    “I learned a lot about what I want to do with my life and what others want to do… I think for students who do not know what they want to do this is a perfect opportunity to learn,” Beaton said.

    UG’s Tain campus will host its Career Fair and Open Day in April.

    Another one of the demonstration booths.

     

    By: Nateshia Isaacs

  • Young people urged to pursue vocational careers

    Young people urged to pursue vocational careers

    GINA, GUYANA, Friday, October 21, 2016

    The Guyana Industrial Training Centre (GITC) today hosted a Career Day to mark its 50th Anniversary. It was an opportunity for the training centre to showcase some of the skills that young people can acquire at the centre.

    The training centre will be celebrating 50 years on December 14, 2016 and the theme for this year’s celebration is, ‘Development and Transformation for the 21st Century Workforce”.

    Students look on as a welder showcase his training
    Students look on as a welder showcase his training

    Administrator for GITC, Dexter Cornette, speaking with the Government Information Agency (GINA), noted that the training centre has graduated some 12,000 students in seven disciplines over the last 50 years.

    He said when the centre was established, courses were taught over a six-month period and a few years later it moved to one year.

    The seven disciplines which GITC offers are -furniture making, metal working, engineering, masonry, plumbing, electrical and wielding. Females make up two percent of the total student population.

    Cornette said that the GITC is a level one institute which carters for persons who are currently in school, persons who are in the industry and who want to be certified and persons who are 15 -20 can attend the centre for full time training.

    The GITC Administrator said that in 2005, the training school put together a computer programme because they realized that computers were coming on board and that persons needed to become computer literate. He said all full time trainees are exposed to two hours of training per week.

    GITC provides a stipend for all their full time students to offset transportation expenses.

    Cornette said that GITC graduates are in high demand.  “From time to time there are companies that call us and ask us to provide them with trainees who would have already completed training, and they take them on. (In) addition to that, when they go on work study during the July-August period, there are a lot of companies who ask them to come back as soon as they finish training especially for those ones who would have performed creditably, very well” Cornette said

    Today’s Career Day, saw the participation of a number of agencies including the Guyana Defence Force. Captain, Daniel Seeram, said that the

    Members of the Guyana Defense Force are geared up as they await patrons to visit their booth
    Members of the Guyana Defense Force are geared up as they await patrons to visit their booth

    army was hoping to recruit trainees with specialist skills. “Basically, we are here to demonstrate and present ourselves to the students of the GITC  in the various specialist skilled areas, that they can probably be a part of  on joining the Guyana Defense Force,” Seeram said.

    Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Monitor Inspector, Mark Roberts,  said that they have been participating at most Career Day and Open Day since they are responsible for occupational standards. “The council has been invited to most of the Open day and Career Day training programmes at all the institutions and we display most of the things that we do at TVET. One of it is  Occupational Standards, we develop and implement occupational standards in all of the institutions in Guyana,” he explained.

    Welfare Officer of the Government Technical Institute (GTI), Alero Proctor, said that GTI offers life skills. “What we want also to let the general public know, that GTI is the institution that anybody should want to be a part of because the skills that they learn they can take it through life,” he said.

    GITC plans to add AC and Refrigeration repairs and Radio and Electronics to its 2017 Curriculum.

     

    By: Gabreila Patram