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Trainees at the MIC Institute of Technology in Macoya, who are getting ready for their final exams in June of this year, are worried.


They tell us, resources to complete their practical projects, are to a large extent unavailable at this time.


If the projects are not done, the trainees cannot attain a pass mark.


Alicia Boucher has the details.
Transcript
00:00Year 3 MIC Mokoya trainees under the Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program are supposed to be
00:06doing their curriculum-based assessment projects.
00:09It's a demonstration of all that they've learned in the three years at the institution, either
00:14in the field of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or industrial maintenance.
00:19As part of the program, the trainees are mandated to construct a refrigerator from scratch.
00:24And so, 20 trainees have been split into two groups, making it two refrigerators to be
00:29constructed.
00:30According to the trainees, they were expecting to start their CBA project since August 2024.
00:36Much like the importance of the school-based assessment in CXC, the CBA must be completed
00:43to attain the diploma.
00:44However, we're told that they have not been provided with a lot of the equipment required
00:49to get the project off the ground, including crucial ones like condensers and evaporators.
00:55Instead of sheet metal, they have resorted to searching the MIC compound for scrap, including
01:01filing cabinets, which they are attempting to utilize as the body for the refrigerator.
01:07We're also told that the trainees had to dip into their own pockets to purchase cheap styrofoam.
01:12Asked how much of the required resources are missing, TV6 News has been told about 45%
01:17of what is needed.
01:19And for the mechanical engineering CBA project, for which a mechanical can sealer has to be
01:24built, only around 18% of the resources have been provided.
01:28A source states that examiners will come in periodically to mark the projects.
01:33We've been informed that when they came in November, there was nothing that could be
01:37graded.
01:38They expect another visit sometime this month.
01:41The trainees are said to be in a state of panic, with the time to their final exam date
01:46fast approaching.
01:47Correspondence has been sent to MIC's management since October to present, including to the
01:53program coordinator and upper management.
01:55However, the problem persists.
01:58TV6 News reached out to chairman of MIC, Professor Clem Imbert, who says the trainees are in
02:03industry at this time, which is similar to internships.
02:07He tells us they usually come in to MIC one day per week.
02:11Imbert says, quote, we should be getting all the parts by the end of this week that we
02:15need for them to do their project, so that from next week when they come in, on the particular
02:20day that they come in, they can start their project.
02:24We did have a bit of a delay, and you know students get a little anxious when we have
02:29those delays, end quote.
02:32We put to Imbert information we had received that about only 50 percent of trainees were
02:36in industry, while the others remained at home having not been successfully placed within
02:42a company.
02:43Imbert admits that placements in industry has been a perennial problem MIC has been
02:48facing as challenges such as companies wanting to use the trainees for cheap labor persist.
02:55Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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