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| Tuesday, 24 August 2004 |
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The German government-supported Vocational Training for Women and Youth (VTW) Project will make available to the public a number of training manuals, guidebooks and other vocational training publications the project has authored during its eight years of operation. According to the project's senior advisor Kumudhini Rosa, VTW has worked closely with its partner organizations - Vocational Training Authority (VTA) and the National Apprentice and Industrial Training Authority (NAITA) - to improve the living standards of rural women and youth by providing them with market-oriented training opportunities. This in turn would increase their ability to secure better employment in today's competitive environment, states a press release issued by the Sri Lanka-German Development Cooperation. Through its experiences in the field, the VTW project has been able to develop many tools and documents that can be used in the provision of effective and quality vocational training. "It is our view that these publications need to have a wider circulation within the vocational training system, where more people can have access to them. They should reach every nook and cranny of this country, whatever langauge is spoken," said Kumudhini Rosa. The publications, which are available in Sinhala, Tamil and English, will henceforth be available through the newly established Learning Resource Utilization Centres, which serve the training needs of thousands of youth across the country. The ADB-sponsored Skills Development Project, which operates under the Ministry of Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education, has set up 52 such centres which are equipped with modern training aids, technology and up-to-date information. The VTW project last week ceremonially handed over a set of its publications to the Minister of Skills Development, Vocational and Technical Education Piyasena Gamage during an awareness program on vocational training held in Colombo. "We hope these publications will contribute towards the enhancement of the quality and the effectiveness of the services being provided by these resource centres. I am sure the information contained in the publications will be extremely helpful to our aspiring young entrepreneurs," said Rosa. In operation since 1996, the VTW project is financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development and is implemented with the assistance of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ). The VTW project is part of a wider program supported by GTZ in Sri Lanka with the aim of creating an environment for a dynamic market economy that enables economic growth through job creation. Among the publications that will be made available through the resource centres are the following. 19 handbooks for trainers, trainees and self-employed in the Food Processing and Hand screen printing sectors, Training Curricular (Training manuals, teacher and student guides) in bakery, fruit and milk processing, Audio and Visual Equipment repairs and maintenance, Domestic and Industrial Electrical Circuit Installation, Hand screen printing and Footwear. Employment oriented training for rural women and youth. A guide for development. The guide sets out the 'ideal' approach and steps that should be followed in the design and implementation of vocational training programs. 6 manuals for Enterprise development for trainers/ Instructors to promote entrepreneurship and self-employment among vocational trainees and rural women. |
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