Empowering youth to become self-reliant

The number of young people in East Africa who have missed the opportunity of primary and secondary school is at 18 million.

Many of such live  without having acquired relevant skills such as literacy and numeracy,  communication and critical thinking needed for the workplace.

Our Response

CECICOJU  has established a  Community Based Vocational Skills Program which is anchored on a mentorship model where young people are not only mentored in technical skills but also business, customer relations, and problem solving skills as they undergo vocational skills training by one of the senior locals in different trades in their communities. Learners are attached to competent local artisans and are equipped with occupational skills in areas like carpentry, metal fabrication and welding, bricklaying and concrete practice, tailoring, catering, bakery, hairdressing, motor vehicle mechanics, soap making, knitting and weaving as well as agro based value addition skills.  The aim is to rebate the high unemployment rate among youth in rural hard to reach areas of East Africa

 

 

EQUIP COMMUNITY  VOCATIONAL Technical and Skills Development   Centre was started in February 2020 to answer a call by the local community and opinion leaders to start a training institution with the main objective of equipping the youth with life skills through vocational and technical education so as to enable them discover their power of creativity and live a meaningful life. The school has been established in Kabaare Village, Kabaare Parish, Masha Sub- County- Isingiro District.

 VISION:

To be a transformational institute that equips youth with rewarding vocational skills that enable them to be employed or self-employed and to live dignified lives.

MISSION:

To impart skills that transforms the youth and empowers them for life.

 MOTTO:

‘’Empowering you for life: Skills is Food’’

EQUIP  GOALS:

1. To ensure that the youth are equipped with basic technical and vocational skills.

2. To inspire further formal educational development, and help them startup businesses for themselves and for others.

3. Encourage talent discovery and development among the youth.

4. To instill in the youth ethical business practices.

CORE VALUES

• 1.Integrity.

• 2.Accommodative

• 3.Honesty in what we do and say

• 4.Reliability by all and to all

• 5.Truthfulness to ourselves and others

• 6.Transparency in everything we do (zero tolerance to corruption)

• 7.Respect for all, regardless of spiritual, social, racial or physical differences.

• 8.Fairness to all

• 9.Justice to all

• 10.Trust in God in whatever we aspire for

The courses offered target the youth who are straight out of primary or secondary school, people who are already in the working sector but who need to upgrade

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 Employer-led short-term Training and Recognition of Prior Learning 

This component seeks to support enterprise-based training. It is implemented through a Skill Development Facility (SDF) mechanism that will be co-financed by the private sector through a matching grant contribution, and support training activities that will lead to improved productivity and competitiveness in the formal and informal sectors. The grant facility which supports the development of skills in the formal and informal sectors and will be accessed in a competitive fashion against the following four windows: 

 

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• Short courses

• 1.Bakery

• 2.Food preparation and service(cookery)

• 3.Hair dressing

• 4.Computer Applications

Awards given at the Centre

Our institution is a Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) certified centre and our students are awarded certificates from the Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT) on completion of their courses. These awards are recognized by the Ministry of Education.

We also have students who sit for the Uganda Business and Technical Examinations Board Examinations (UBTEB).

The department for Early Childhood Development is affiliated to Makerere University College of Education and External Studies.