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Youth Empowerment: KWSG Opens Portal For Free Technical Training At IVTEC

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Kwara State Government has announced the commencement of admission for eligible youths under its youth Empowerment and Employment Generation Scheme (YEEGS).

The successful applicants will undergo free training at the International Vocational Technical and Entrepreneurship College (IVTEC), Ajase Ipo.

The programme, sponsored by the Kwara State Government, is designed to promote viable and measurable occupational skills training to increase the effectiveness of the Government efforts at combating youth unemployment and poverty as well as to generate employment and increase entrepreneurship opportunities among the teeming youth in the state.

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Also, the programme entails an intensive three-month in-centre training, followed by a mandatory three-month industrial attachment at the appropriate industry/business.

In addition, the Kwara State Government will provide for the beneficiaries of the programme full tuition fee scholarship, monthly stipend of N5000 each for six months, Personal Protective Equipment, Training consumables, Start-up package after completion of the programme.

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Available areas of training in the scheme includes Trades and Vocations, Automotive Mechanics, Automotive Mechatronics, Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing, Electrical Installations and Maintenance, Winding of Electrical Machines and Heating.

Others are Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC), Hospitality and Tourism Management, Closed Circuit Television and Internet Access Installation, Computer Hardware Repairs and Maintenance, System Security and Networking, Web Application (Design and Development, Computer Appreciation and Desktop Publishing, Welding and Fabrication Technology, Shoe Making and Leather Works.

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The 3rd batch of the 2021/2022 session YEEGS commences on Monday 26th September, 2022.

Interested candidates between the ages of 18 and 35 years should log on to https://portal.ivtec.edu.ng/kwarayouthempowerment and follow the prompt to complete the application process.

Beneficiaries will be drawn from all the sixteen Local Government of the State.

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