Vocational training hub links three VTCs

Three public vocational training centres (VTC) at the north have been linked by a computer network called the Northern Vocational Training Hub that will serve as a platform for them to share information and teaching online.The N$130 million hub was funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and will benefit Outapi's Nakayale, Eenhana's Eenhana and Ongwediva's Valombola VTCs. The training provides for an electronic learning (e-learning) system that will allow the centres to provide training online, which will allow trainees to access their training material at any of the three centres.The Nakayale VTC and training hub chairperson, Erickson Nenghwanya, said the network would allow the centres to provide trainees with improved educational content and more effective teaching and learning methods.“The IT equipment handed over today will improve the learning processes through provision of more interactive educational materials that increase trainee motivation and facilitate the easy acquisition of basic skills in various subjects,” Nenghwanya said.Nenghwanya urged the beneficiaries not to only improve trainees' academic performance, but also to own the equipment by developing sustainable measures so that they can maintain it. The facilities will be used in fields such as auto-mechanics, electrical engineering, information and communication technology, and civil and building services. The Namibia Training Authority's chief executive officer, Jerry Beukes, said the hub would assist the three VTCs to share information and engage in joint planning, professional development and resource sharing.“The establishment of the training hub is also linked with the NTA's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) transformation and expansion programme that is a core component of the NTA's current strategic plan. “This project is the establishment of e-learning facilities at the three VTCs making up the training hub, with the purpose of enhancing local job and career development opportunities,” Beukes said. He added that the project may have a regional focus but the lessons learned at the regional level would be scaled up to national level.The project started on June 2016 when the EU and GIZ signed an agreement for the GIZ to implement the project.ILENI NANDJATO

Vocational training hub links three VTCs

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