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A new 'Youth in Energy' Programme is expected to be launched this week. This was announced as the Ministry of Youth Development and National Service took its Youth Education and Career Caravan to Africa Grounds in Enterprise, Chaguanas, over the weekend.


Alicia Boucher has more in this report.
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00:00 A youth and education village, a National Service village involving programs like
00:05 MILAT, MIPAT and a civilian conservation corps, youth in business and youth in
00:11 agriculture. These were some of what young people at Africa grounds in
00:15 Enterprise were exposed to as the youth education and career caravan visited the
00:21 area. Minister of Youth Development and National Service Foster Cummings said
00:25 the objective is to take all the government training programs that are
00:29 focused on developing the youth into various communities where those who are
00:34 interested can register on the spot. You know a lot of people speak about the
00:39 crime problems in the country but we have a problem of a lot of idle hands in
00:45 the country. We recognize that as a result we are doing what is necessary to
00:50 train these persons to make sure that they can make a better life for
00:54 themselves. The minister stated that every caravan of which this was the 10th
00:59 edition has had around 1,500 people registering. For the programs that we have
01:05 been rolling out we have a very high success rate, a very high completion rate
01:09 up to 70% in most cases and we think that is commendable. In the coming week
01:15 we launch a youth in energy program if you want to get involved in the energy
01:20 sector we do it in conjunction with heritage and already we can only take 25
01:25 persons in this program we have already exceeded 450 applications. The ministry
01:31 in conjunction with MTS would also be launching a horticultural program. Where
01:37 young people come and learn fauna and funa and understand floral arrangements
01:42 and understand how to treat the plants and hopefully create a lot of mom-and-pop
01:46 industry in these communities so they actually could feed into MTS' stock for
01:52 nursery and that we could use for rental in government ministries. Manager of
01:57 training and development at the North Central Regional Health Authority
02:00 Marissa Harding told us that several young people expressed an interest
02:05 in careers in health care. So today we have several advertisements out we also
02:12 are showcasing careers in health that they may not be actually familiar with
02:16 and actually piquing their interest in careers in health. Minister in the
02:21 Ministry of Works and Transport Richie Sukai said the work that is being done
02:25 is hinged on sustainable development. It gives us the option to look at what are
02:30 the industries that need populating, how we are going to do it, how the education
02:36 is there so the whole supply chain and the whole layout process is actually
02:39 there in front of them. All they need to do now is grab the opportunity and the
02:43 opportunity doesn't just lie in Trinidad and Tobago. We have set in the platform to
02:47 be able to do regionally and internationally. Upon completing the
02:51 training sponsored by the government the participants are required to give back
02:55 to the country. Councillor for Enterprise South Londonville North Brenda John is
03:00 supporting the initiative. I'm also on the spot on African Bronx Enterprise for the community centre to be reopened
03:09 so at least we could have something for the youth to get by in the community
03:12 centre. It's a positive initiative for that community centre so we could
03:16 utilize it and enhance the youth in our area. Alicia Boucher TV6 News
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