Employment and Vocational Training : Focus On Youth Employment

Tackling joblessness through vocational training is priority on the ministry’s agenda?

The Minister of Employment and Vocational Training, Zacharie Perevet, in an explanatory statement  before the Finance and Budget Committee of the National Assembly stated that focus on the 2018 allocated budget will target unemployment through empowerment.

Defending the submitted budget of FCFA 20 billion 523 million 483 thousand, the Minister said a chuck of it will be allocated for the construction of vocational training centres in which youths can be trained on job creation and other independent mechanisms.

An overview of last year accomplishments by the Minister indicates that within the framework of the decent employment promotion programme, 415,158 new jobs were created as at November 20, 2017 out of the 400,000 jobs expected by December 2017.

He further revealed that the budget estimates for 2017 for the implementation of three priority programmes have been met by close to ...