Today will see the first in a series of graduations across the country as 726 participants in the last year’s Apprenticeship Programme under the National Training Programme for Youth Empowerment (NTPYE) receive their certificates of completion, says Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Industrial Training,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, Alana Brassington.The programme which is conducted over six months is open to any Guyanese between the ages of 15 and 25. This student must be willing to learn certain trades first hand.If an applicant expresses a desire to operate in any of the training areas offered, then they are placed with a company that actually operates within that field. There they serve as an apprentice. Over the six-month period they gain firsthand knowledge of the job and develop specific skills necessary to work in the field.They are also supplied with a number of basic skills in other areas,Cheap Hockey Jerseys, such as remedial Maths and English as well as training in certain life skills such as HIV/AIDS awareness and Planned Parenthood.According to Brassington,China NBA Jerseys, the trainees are not left entirely to their own devices at the companies. They are trained in accordance with core curriculum that are models of the ones used at the Government Technical Institute.Classroom materials are culled from the core curriculum since most of the apprentices are doing actual hands-on work.She noted that these curriculums are evaluated along with the training providers to create specific timeframes for the completion of certain tasks. As a result,Discount NFL Jerseys, when the Board’s inspectors make their monthly checks on the apprentices throughout the country,Authentic NHL Jerseys, they are able to measure the progress of each apprentice against a checklist of preset deliverables.Training is undertaken in almost every Region of the country. The exceptions are Regions Eight and Nine where the communities are too widely spread out and too far into the hinterlands for easy access.Brassington cited this as a constraint to the programme in a number of Hinterland locations since the apprentices are awarded? $4,Cheap Jerseys,000 as travelling stipend each month.The Board therefore tries not to place them too far away from their homes – clearly a difficult task considering the distance between settlements in certain regions. The intent is to ensure that the number of drop outs is not exacerbated by factors such as the training being too far away or too costly for the applicant.Brassington will be present at every graduation ceremony over the next few days. She makes it a point to chair them all. This first one is being held in the Essequibo area to allow for the graduation of Region One and Two NTYPE Apprentices.

Residents of Diamond Housing Scheme are dissatisfied with the service they are getting.According to members of the Interim Management Committee of Section ‘A’ Diamond, the promised playfield for the community is the first sore point.Neil Hopkinson, Head of the IMC explained to Kaieteur News that there were at least six locations earmarked for the playground. There is no where for the water to go at Fifth Avenue, Diamond.To date,Cheap Nike NFL Jerseys, five of them have been consolidated into house lots. The sixth location has been earmarked for a commercial business enterprise.Hopkinson explained that after the areas were identified, the subject Minister subsequently held a meeting to which only selected persons were invited, and informed them of the decision.The other sore points are interconnected roads and drainage.In Fifth Avenue, the deplorable conditions reflect similar conditions in other streets around the community.Potholes, some 18 inches to two feet deep, sometimes span the entire width of the road. Some neighbours with good intentions would attempt to drain the water off the road, but it is impossible, says Hopkinson, because the drainage system in itself is poor. “The water is going no place because it has no where to go,” he stated. “The water in the drains is sometimes higher than the level of the road.”Explaining that the middle-income area cost $1.2M per house lot, the IMC Head said promises were made when persons first started to move into Diamond in 2001.? “Good roads,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, proper drainage, a playfield. So far we haven’t got proper drainage; every time the rain fall, the place flood.”For those who can afford to, residents are digging their own drainage,Cheap NFL Jerseys Authentic, but there is still no way for the water to escape. And it is getting worse. Because the roads are not properly built, transporting materials for ongoing construction works continues to wreak havoc.The potholed roads pose major challenges for those who have their own vehicles, and for taxi drivers who charge residents extra for taking them into a badly damaged street, especially if it is raining.Another issue is the police presence in the community. The IMC members state that while it is there,Cheap Jerseys From China, it is not effective. It is the view of some that the police sometimes protect their friends. Those who feel this way allege that when residents themselves investigate incidents and give the information to the police,Cheap Jerseys From China, it is not acted upon.It was also pointed out that for such a large housing development, the entire Diamond Housing Scheme does not have any fire hydrants. It is felt that an outpost should be set up to serve the community and that another access road should be built.It was explained that should anything minor happen on the East Bank Public road, such as the current bridge works at Prospect,Wholesale Basketball Jerseys, there is a large build up of traffic at the entrance to the Diamond Community, especially during peak hours.