Gov’t endorses ‘sewing’ vocational training in Abuja schools

By Stanley Onyekwere

The FCT Administration said it has made necessary provisions for the strategic vocational training of school children across the six area councils.
This is coming as the administration had approved, provided venue and released funds to a non-governmental organisation, Ladi Memorial Foundation for sewing competition for schools.
Speaking at the championship finals, ‘up-skilling sewing boot camp’ held in FCT Youth Centre, Nyanya at the weekend, the director FCT Department of Mass Education, Mrs Titilayo Alayande said the exercise is aimed at assisting students to learn skills that will help them to be self-employed.
The pilot project, which she said had received full blessing of the minister of FCT, Mallam Muhammad Bello, targets fifty four students and learners in junior and Secondary schools alongside non formal students under the age of 20.
“It targets fifty four (54) students and learners in Junior and Senior Secondary Schools alongside non formal students under age twenty (20) across the FCT Area Councils”
“The pilot scheme is aimed at skills development for economic independence.
“It was born out of the desire to empower the participants to start earning money even before leaving school as a way of helping to curb the rising number of unemployed graduates”, she explained.
Earlier in her remarks, the Executive Director, Ladi Memorial Foundation, Mrs. Rosemary Oshikoya, said her foundation was driven by the desire to dignify skills acquisition among students.
“At the end of the Boot Camp, winners who would emerge would be given starter packs including industrial sewing and weaving machines among many other items”, she said.Earlier in her remarks, the Executive Director, Ladi Memorial Foundation, Mrs. Rosemary Oshikoya, said h the desire to dignify skills acquisition among students.