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Careers’ Week described as successful |19 August 2017

This year’s Careers Week which was based on the theme ‘Building an Entrepreneurship Culture for Enhancing Youth Employability’ has been a successful one

This was a statement made yesterday by Mireille Rosalie, the careers guidance officer at the Ministry of Education and Human Resource Development, at the closing ceremony of Careers’ Week 2017.

Careers’ Week is an annual event organised by the Education and Student Support Services department of the ministry and continuously aims to promote various jobs and provides information on training and employment opportunities.

Careers’ Week 2017, which spanned from August 14 to 18, focused mainly on fostering an entrepreneurship culture through educating teachers, students and other relevant stakeholders on the concepts and principles of entrepreneurship.

Activities for the week included but were not limited to a two-day workshop on entrepreneurship education by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), an exhibition on the various courses offered by the Agency for National Human Resource Development (ANHRD) and open days at several professional centres.

The week of activities culminated with a closing ceremony held at the Ministry of Education at Mont Fleuri.

The event also saw the participation of the Seychelles Investment Board (SIB) through its chief executive Angelique Antat, the Seychelles Financial Authority (SFA) and Hope Consultancy firm, who were present to give students and post-secondary students an overview of their organisations and how they relate to entrepreneurship.

Also in attendance were the ministry’s director for primary schools Cyril Pillay, the director general of Education and Student Support Services as well as a number of head teachers and teachers from schools all over the country.

In her account of the Careers’ Week Ms Rosalie stated that her department is working in close collaboration with other key stakeholders to find a way to continue developing entrepreneurship education in schools.

“The youths and teachers have shown great interest and they have even commented that such a concept should be integrated into our schools’ curriculum. In doing so students, even primary ones, will be able to better understand entrepreneurship and develop their own businesses later on,” she stated.

Next year’s theme for Careers’ Week will be decided upon by the end of this year and will depend on the needs that arise in the employment and education sectors.

 

 

 

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