213 students graduate from NTPC’s Sustainable Livelihood Project

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Graduates of Business Computing and Business Skills celebrates after getting their Certificate of Attainment in Dawasamu on February 26, 2021. Picture: SUPPLIED/FNU

The Fiji National University’s (FNU) National Training and Productivity Centre remains committed to empowering sustainable livelihood development in rural and maritime communities through its non-formal education department.

Last week, under the Government-funded Sustainable Livelihood Project (SLP), 213 students from the Dawasamu district in Tailevu completed the 2-week technical and vocational training program.

The graduates from 10 villages undertook courses from 11 different programs offered NTPC.

The courses offered under the SLP include Wooden House Construction, Household, and Sanitary Plumbing, Domestic Electrical, Solar Installation, Small Engines Repair, Cabinet Making and Joinery, Garment Construction, Screen Printing, Floriculture, Business Etiquette, and Fiberglass Boat Repair.

The primary objective of the project is to train and empower rural communities and villages with basic practical skills and knowledge, relevant and to immediate and future sustainable needs.

The SLP Coordinator Setareki Valenitabua said they were pleased to see the great enthusiasm from participants who were all eager to broaden their knowledge and skills in the courses they undertook.

“It is an initiative for people to learn the skills and get trained, which would help them earn a living,” said Valenitabua.

“The graduates who were part of the program included unemployed youth and school dropouts, but now they get the opportunity to use their new skills in their daily lives.”

“This project has been successful over the last eight years because of the Fijian Government’s continuing support for rural training. The feedback and success stories we have received from participants have been very encouraging and given our training teams a lot of motivation. The course cost in each training venue is around $60,000, which includes the materials, trainers, mobilisation and everything captured in the budget.”

Chief Guest at the ceremony, former Fiji’s First Secretary to Korea Joreti Vuaka Dakuwaqa, urged the graduates to use the skills learned to earn a living for themselves and their families.

“They need to implement what they have learned and for the young ones, they should continue their training through FNU. The certificates they have achieved should not be hanging on the wall, but they should create something and earn a living,” he said.

“This is a good program for those in the villages, especially those who have dropped out of school. They can make the most of the training provided and even go overseas.”

NTPC will continue to offer the Sustainable Livelihood Project in other parts of the country.

 

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