NWest has a good story to tell regarding development of young people- Premier Modise
The North West Provincial Bursary Programme awarded grants amounting to R49, 488 million to 1035 needy young people to pursue studies over the past five years, Premier Thandi Modise reported in her State of the Province delivered on Friday.
In outlining the extent to which young people had benefitted from government programmes, Premier Modise said that 213 of the young people who benefitted from the programme graduated in various scarce skills needed by the province
“We have a good story to tell regarding development of our young people,” Premier Modise adding that a total of 4868 unemployed youth and graduates benefitted from the Provincial skills development and training programmes that were targeted at youth.
Three thousand eight hundred and thirty-three (3833) of the beneficiaries were registered in skills development programmes such as learnerships, internships and apprenticeship.
Modise thanked the mining qualification authority for offering 60 students to further studies in mining engineering this year.
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