10 students to gain work experience through GCCI’S teenternship initiative

Ten Form 4 students from the Camille’s Academy Learning institute are set to participate in a 5-day learning experience in the world of work under the ‘Teenternship’ initiative which was rolled out by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) last year.
These students will be dispatched to various companies across the country.
Speaking during an event on Friday to reveal this year’s ‘Teenternship’ participants, CEO of Java Coffee Bar, Evie Kanhai-Gurchuran, whose business is part of the mentorship programme, gave insights into what the students can expect from this initiative.
“The whole scope of this programme is to give you some insights into what are the daily challenges faced by business. Some of you mention that you would like to be business owners I hope that the week ahead satisfies your curiosity and helps you grow and helps bring into focus a lot of those things that you already leaning in school.”

Highlighting the vast job fields that are in today’s world, she explained the reasoning behind this and how the Internship is a very timely and beneficial one.
“How many of us wanted to be lawyers and doctors? Now when you ask young people what they want to be they say they want to be youtubers, influencers all these streams that we never knew. What they are actually trying to tell us is that they don’t want to or be tied down in no office that’s why we took it upon ourselves to place them in companies that have middle management.”
Meanwhile, Founder and director of Camille’s Academy, Camille Deokie – Gorakh encouraged her students to make the most of this opportunity.
“First and foremost, embrace this learning process. This apprentice programme is designed to bring hands on experience allowing you to apply what you have learned in real world scenarios, be open to learn from every talk and every mentor that you encounter whether big or small every experience is a lesson that you could bring in your growth don’t wait for opportunities to come to you.”
Other businesses on board the programme are ActionInvest, Beharry Automotive, Raj Singh Insurance Brokers, Cerulean Incorporated, amongst others.
Some of the topics that will be covered during the five days are, Proper Communication, leadership and teamwork.
The 10 students will be required to reach at their assigned work destinations promptly at 9:00 Hours, get a one-hour lunch and be able to leave at 16:00 Hours
Throughout the day, students will be required to spend one hour with their respective managers.
At the end of each internship working day each student will be required to submit a photo, and report about the highlight of their day.
There will be an evaluation form at the end of the 5 days where business managers will give the students an honest response on their work during the time that they have spent during the training thus far.
Some of the students that were chosen to be paired with these businesses are Satish Latchman, Nadia Latchman, Kyalee Rose, Rohit Narine, Vanisha Mahadeo Aaliyah Loafee amongst others.
The internship programme is scheduled to run from August 19 to August 23. (G2)