Students at Ngozi Community Skills Development Centre in Salima district say the student orientation programme has helped them to discuss issues that are shunned in colleges such as sexual violence. They said the orientation programme at the centre was conducted at the beginning of the first term in 2019. “The
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TECHNICAL SKILLS CRUCIAL TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT-STEP
The European Union (EU) is funding the Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) which is partially implemented by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Arthur Shears is STEP Team Leader and he explains: What is STEP all about? The main objective of STEP is to empower the
STEP HOLDS TEVET STAKEHOLDER CAPACITY BUILDING MEETING
The European Union (EU) funded Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) conducted stakeholders’ workshop in Lilongwe aimed at strengthening stakeholder capacity to understand, analyse and discuss policy issues in the TEVET sector. The Director of Technical and Vocation training in the Ministry of Labour, Youth, Sports and Manpower Development Aubrey
ENDING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AT TEVET COLLEGES THROUGH THE ARTS
Gender-based violence (GBV), which includes consent and sexual harassment, are overlooked and frequently go unreported due to poor systems, lack of knowledge, or lack of understanding of the full scope of the issue. As a result, people are unaware of far reaching physical, psychological, and emotional damage that a victim
CHIEFS WELCOME STEP-DON BOSCO BURSARY PROGRAMME
Chiefs from Lilongwe district have welcomed the bursary programme that will see vulnerable people acquiring technical skills. The bursary programme is under the partnership between Skills and Technical Skills Programme (STEP) and Don Bosco Youth Technical Institute. STEP is an initiative funded by the European Union (EU) and partially implemented
STEP AND KURYA NDIKO UKU TO LAUNCH A BURSARY PROGRAMME
Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) and Kurya Ndiko Uku (KNU), a Community Based Organization in Mzimba district, have established a partnership to run a bursary programme to train 60 women in seven districts of the northern region of Malawi The beneficiaries of this programme will undergo bakery and business
STEP-DON BOSCO PARTNERSHIP TARGETS VULNERABLE STUDENTS
Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) in partnership with Don Bosco Youth Technical Institute will run a bursary programme in non-formal training for vulnerable students. Starting in March 2019, this impactful initiative will last for 1 year. The programme is supported through STEP, an initiative funded by the EU and
EU COMMITS TO SUPPORT YOUNG PEOPLE IN SKILLS TRAINING
The European Union (EU) says it is committed to support young people in Malawi to be educated and receive quality skills training. Programme Manager for Education at the EU delegation to Malawi, Lena Veierskov said this recently during the graduation of students at YipMade Vocational Skills Centre being run by
FEMALE ARCHITECT URGES GIRLS TO EMBRACE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
A 32- year old Allessandra Trinca has urged girls to embrace vocational education as one way of being self-reliant. Trinca, from Italy, is in Malawi for various assignments to do with her work. She is one of the officials building a new office belonging to the National Registration Bureau
GIRLS URGED TO EMBRACE TECHNICAL EDUCATION
Skills and Technical Education Programme (STEP) has said increased uptake of technical education is key to women empowerment. STEP Gender and Education Specialist Jean Munro, has, to this end, implored girls and women to choose technical education as one way of becoming self-reliant. STEP, an initiative funded by the European