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Education, Lifestyle

Youths Minister Mkandawire urges TEVETA graduates to embrace entrepreneurship

Maravi Post Reporter

ZOMBA-(MaraviPost)-Minister of Youths and Sports, Uchizi Mkandawire on Thursday asked over 1000 Technical Entrepreneurial and Vocational Education (TEVETA) graduates from Mangochi and Zomba to embrace entrepreneurship in order to create employment for their fellow youths.

Presiding over the ceremony in Zomba, Mkandawire said the graduates can reduce unemployment level in the country especially if they start opening up their small scale businesses there by creating self-employment as well as employment for others.

Mkandawire said, “lt is President Dr Lazarus Chakwera’s version to see that many youths are equipped with technical skills and open up their businesses soon after graduation”.

To those without or with small business capital, Mkandawire said there is a room for them to obtain a loan from National Economic Empowerment Fund (NEEF) that President Chakwera initiated.

He then thanked the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for its financial support of the whole initiative through Titukulane Project.

“As government, we want to thank USAID through its Titukulane Project for the initiative because it helped to equip the Youths with different technical skills. And to the graduates, please go and embrace entrepreneurship,” said Mkandawire.

In his remarks, TEVETA executive director, Elwin Sichiola while thanking USAID the country needs to have more programs like Titukulane Project.

Titukulane Project is aimed at providing technical skills to secure employment or start their own businesses in order to overcome poverty.

Business

TEVETA to adopt German TEVET system

Malawi News Agency (MANA)
To beat the capacity challenge the Authority is facing where out of 12,000 applicants it can only accommodate 2000, Technical, Entrepreneurial and Vocation Education and Training Authority (TEVETA) was planning on adopting the German Tevet System.
TEVETA Board Chairperson, Gilbert Chilinde, disclosed this in an interview on Friday after the official opening of TEVETA 2017 National Executive Conference in Mangochi which was graced by Vice President, Dr. Saulos Chilima.
He said the German TEVET System allows an individual straight from secondary school to start training under experienced master trainer in an industry or company and that this allows the person to gain experience while working with a particular industry.
“The advantage of this model is that by the time one finishes the third year the person is well equipped with knowledge and they can easily sign a contract with that industry and become a full time employee,” explained Chilinde.
He continued: “With this model, for the first year the company may appear to be losing to have employed unskilled person but it will win out by end of third year.”
The TEVETA Board Chair said after gaining experience and skills, the person can either choose to stay with the company or graduate to form own company.
The TEVETA Board Chair described the new system as a calling that Malawi must embrace as government continues to construct community technical colleges.
“We need to think outside the box and use another strategy to bring satisfaction to the people we train while we address the market needs,” Chilinde said.
The Board Chair expressed optimism that by adopting German TEVET system into Malawi it could make Malawi TEVET system become one of the best systems in the SADC region.
The TEVETA 2017 National Executive Conference brought together about 40 executive corporate members from across the country to brainstorm on its operations under the theme: “Steering organisations through business turbulence”.