The Grenada National Training Agency, inย conjunction with UNESCO, recently hosted a TVET Centre Managers Workshop at the Point Salinesย Hotel.
The objective was to build and strengthen the capacities of the managers of Technical and Vocationalย Education and Training (TVET) institutions to promote the application of cross-cutting themes such asย TVET for Sustainable Development, Greening TVET, and Gender Equity and Inclusion in skills training.
Chief Executive Officer, Grenada National Training Agency, Lincoln Morgan said โTraining centresย continue to be one of the key stakeholder groupings, because this is the group that works directly withย learners to ensure that they master the required skills and other attributes for successful performance inย industry.โ
Morgan added that they have signed an MOU with the allied health council to provide support for theย certification and licensing of allied health professionals.
The workshop targeted managers of TVET institutions and post-secondary skills training centers, trainingย providers, community-based organizations, non-governmental development agencies and the Ministry ofย Youth.
Coordinator for Training Support, Grenada National Training Agency, Marlene Abraham-Finlay said Weย want to ensure that the centre managers and the persons involved in providing TVET training orย coordinating skills training activities are on board and that they are aware of the cross-cutting themes thatย would be transcending TVET.โ
National Education Officer, UNESCO Cluster for the Caribbean, Latoya Swaby-Anderson, presented onย โTVET for Sustainable Developmentโ.
She spoke of a recently launched project called โUNESCO Resilient Caribbean โ Grenada Youthย Empowered for the Digital World of Work,โ which is expected to strengthen the digital competencies ofย TVET educators, youth and others.
Associate Dean, TAMCC School of Continuing Education, Dr. John Telesford, who presented onย โGreening TVETโ, said, โThe greening of TVET is a continuous process of trying to get our TVETย programmes in line with the sustainable development of Grenada. So, when we speak of the sustainableย development of Grenada, we are talking about a sustainable economy, sustainable society, a sustainableย environmentโฆ..introducing new programmes that would be getting our workforce fit for taking up thoseย jobs that would be coming in the green economy and the blue economy in the future.
Other workshop presenters included Hiromichi Katayama, who works with UNESCOโs Section of Youth,ย Literacy and Skills Development.
The session ended with a panel discussion on โGender Equity and Inclusion in Skills
