The National Skills Competition officially kicked off at Swakopmund.
Education, Innovation, Youth, Sport, Arts, and Culture Minister Sanet Steenkamp, who inspected the venue ahead of the opening, was satisfied with the preparedness.
Windhoek Vocational Training Centre (WVTC) has received a boost to improve its studies and develop skills.
This follows a donation of two vehicles by Metje & Ziegler to be used in the field of auto mechanics, as well as equipment by the Social Security Commission for the welding field of study.
Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts, and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp, said the government has put priority on vocational education, with a focus on transforming the sector from a supply-driven approach to a demand-driven one and ensuring that it responds to current and future skills needs.
Stakeholders in the Hardap Region have called on the government to recognise skill development and capacity building as key pillars of the envisaged National Upstream Petroleum Policy.
The Dâure Daman Traditional Authority has called on youth under its jurisdiction to submit their names for a database to be compiled of unemployed youth who need opportunities.
The Chairperson of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Economy and Industry, Public Administration and Planning, Iipumbu Shiimi, said green hydrogen will be one of the leading technologies of energy sources in Namibia.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare is equipping a group of women who graduated from various fields in vocational technical programmes with training to facilitate their transition into commercial trades.
The African Monarch Lodges continues to empower local residents with vocational skills in various trades at the Sijwa Project in Zambezi's Kongola Constituency.
The project repurposes recyclable waste from the African Monarch Lodges into salable crafts.
Vice President Lucia Witbooi has emphasised the need for collaborations to create opportunities for National
Offenders at the Evaristus Shikongo Correctional Facility expressed their gratitude for the skills they have and continue to acquire while serving their sentences at the facility.
