Tuesday 23 June 2015

Vocational training companies and their mission for a ‘Skilled Africa’

Africa contributes significantly to the growth of world economy. Be it agriculture, IT, or industrial growth, Africa has shown to the world that it has the potential to be a world leader. But at home, it has a series of challenges that it needs to tackle really fast. One such challenge is its lack of skilled workforce, especially in these times when the world is moving toward building industries that need skilled labour in massive quantities.

  • The government is doing commendable job!
Vocational education scenario has changed a lot in all these years in African countries. Be it South Africa or Kenya, the governments are increasingly setting up institutions to help the youth easily access vocational education.

The government has also brought about significant improvements in its policy frameworks, with a whole new emphasis on promoting vocation education in Africa.

  • The vocational education companies are a key player
The leading vocational education & training companies reach out to the youth and enable them to kick start their careers in their favourite fields. Whether they want to pursue careers in jewellery, or automotive, or insurance or BPO, the intelligently developed vocational education in Africa equip the participants with the skills that would help them get a job in their preferred industries.

  • The good thing is people have begun to look at vocational education in a new light
The youth as well as their parents are increasingly seeing vocational education in Africa as a lucrative career choice, where they can enhance their employability quotient in a short period of time.

The winds of change has begun to blow across African countries; what is needed now to keep this momentum up and make the employers understand the value that a skilled labor brings to their business and the kind of rewards and recognition that they deserve.