Department providing four pathways for students

DESPITE many development challenges in the country, the Education Department aims to provide complete prep to grade 12 and four pathways in secondary level, minister Jimmy Uguro says.
During the launching of the know about business in fisheries (KABF) entrepreneurship training curriculum last week, Uguro said this was to empower education training for students and young people in entrepreneurship.
“The launching of the know about business in fisheries entrepreneurship curriculum today is a step in the right direction for our young people,” he said.
“It will help to stimulate positive mind-changing shifts among our young people to think about fisheries and other enterprises in their local areas and how they can contribute meaningfully (as an employer than an employee) to the economic and social development of the country.”
Uguro pointed out the main challenge would be the lack of knowledge and expertise in finance and management in the operations and sustaining small to medium enterprises (SMEs).
He said the programme was introduced in 2008 to 2013 in 10 technical and vocational education training institutions and 46 secondary schools, and had produced 109 teacher graduates and 29,000 students.
“This has helped many of our young people in SMEs,” he said.
“This is an important achievement for our country, however, much more still needs to be done for our young students.”
Uguro acknowledged the Ministry for Commerce through the Small and Medium Enterprises Corporation and the National Fisheries Authority for the work that was done in the last two years to develop the curriculum for the fisheries sector.