Cuito – At least 1,170 young people were trained in various specialties in 2022 in central Bié province, the National Institute of Employment and Vocational Training (INEFOP).
In the previous period INEFOP training about 1,000 youth in the region, the head of the local institution, Filipe Evaristo Paquisi, told Angop Saturday in Cuito city.
Paquisi said 298 women were among of the total number of those who benefitted from the training.
The province of Bié has five arts and crafts centres, with 16 specialties.
They include carpentry, joinery, masonry, cutting and sewing, low voltage electricity, mechanics, pastry, cooking, decoration, satellite dish assembly, optics computing of the user and others.
In order to meet the needs of the trainees, in 2022, 1,270 young people received professional kits in the nine municipalities of Bié province.
He explained that in this period close to 900 young people entered the labour market, such as the sectors of civil construction, hotels and tourism, commerce.
