10 educators now equipped to handle heavy-duty equipment maintenance

As the Education Ministry continues to enhance the delivery of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), ten educators are now equipped with a Diploma in Heavy-Duty Equipment Maintenance.

Along with receiving a diploma, the TVET practitioners now have a journeyman certificate and a certificate that indicates satisfaction in the related field after completing 1640 hours in this area of specialisation.
The training is part of an ongoing partnership between the Ministry of Education, Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Trinidad and Tobago National Energy Skills Centre (NESC), and RED Deer, a Canadian partner in skills training to ensure that TVET instructors benefit from training in the heavy-duty equipment maintenance programme.
The Organisation for American States (OAS) funded the training and the qualification is locally, regionally, and internationally recognised.
TVET educators from various institutes across the country benefitted from this training which was done at the Linden Technical Institute (LTI) by trainers from Trinidad & Tobago.
During the graduation ceremony hosted at the Linden Technical Institute on Tuesday, Deputy Chief Education Officer, Dr Ritesh Tularam deemed it a “momentous occasion” as it is another display of the enhancement of TVET delivery in Guyana’s education sector.
He further charged the graduates to use the new knowledge and skills gained to make purposeful and meaningful contributions within their respective institutions.
“You are now empowered and enriched with what it takes to make an impactful change to the status quo of your institution, you are now an ambassador and change agent of the mobility and scaffolding of this programme to the far-reaching end of trainees at your institution,” Dr Tularam said.
Also present at the graduation ceremony were CTEVT Director Patrick Chinedu Onwuzirike, NESC Vice President Student Services, Rafael Mohamed, and other specially invited guests.