Youth Empowerment
Capacity building, mentoring, enterprise development and opportunities for young people.
Program
Education & Skills Training
Education is at the heart of CEST’s symbol, an academic hat, and of its work. CEST runs skills training and capacity-building workshops, supports technical and vocational education and training (TVET), and campaigns for parents to send their children to school.
Objectives
- Deliver skills training and capacity-building workshops on business planning, business management, financial management and knowledge sharing.
- Build capacity of youth groups, SMEs, community-based organisations and non-formal TVET groups through training services.
- Support formal and non-formal technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for young people.
- Run public campaigns encouraging parents to send their children to school.
- Conduct edutainment programs that contribute to national development.
Who this program is for
- Young people seeking practical skills
- Non-formal TVET groups
- School pupils, parents and teachers
- Community-based organisations (CBOs) and SMEs
Activities
- Skills training and workshops
- Quiz and spelling bee competitions for primary school pupils in Masingbi
- Public campaigns on school attendance
- Edutainment events
Expected outcomes
- Practical skills that open pathways to work and enterprise
- More children encouraged to attend and stay in school
- Stronger non-formal training groups
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