Lubango – At least 1.067 youngsters completed on Monday, in Lubango, southern Huíla Province, a vocational training course, within the scope of the “Intercalar” project, promoted by the National Institute, Employment and Professional Training (INEFOP).
The professional/technical courses took place from December 2023 to the present date, in a phased method, with the goal being to train ten thousand young people in the next ten months.
According to the Huíla INEFOP's director, Alberto Bartolomeu, each young graduates will receive, reimbursable 500.000 Kz (US$600), and per cooperative, the credit of 7.000.000 Kz (US$ 8.403,08), financing from the Angolan Investment Bank (BAI).
Without revealing the reimbursable time frame, he highlighted that the credit affects the categories of commerce, retreading, opening of kitchens and pastry shops, among other branches of knowledge and will constitute an added value for young people, as it will contribute to dwendle hunger and poverty.
“We have registered so far 200 cooperatives that will benefit from 200 micro-credits estimated at more than 140.000.000 Kz (US$ 168.062), which will begin to be financed from March, with the agreements between INEFOP and BAI already initialed”, he said.
He announced that in general terms, INEFOP has enrolled 1,900 young people in the training year, 136 fewer compared to 2023, the launch of which took place this Tuesday, in one of the primary schools in Mutundo, on the outskirts of this city.
Since its institutionalization in 1978, the institution has trained and placed 12,000 young people in the job market, with different technical and professional skills.
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