THIS WEEK: Janet Museveni urges investors on skills training
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The First Lady and the Minister of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni has urged investors in the Education Sector from Malaysia’s Limkokwing University of Creative Technology led by the Vice President Dato Gail Phung to fast track the launch of the skills training programme to empower the youth in Uganda.
“The principle for this partnership between Malaysia and Uganda is to add value to Uganda’s industrial skills so that the fruits out of your training skills provide a good example for other institutions”, she said. The First Lady was meeting the Malaysian group of investors in the education sector to discuss ways of exploring the best skilling training programme that can be deeply rooted and implemented in the country.
During the meeting that took place at State House Entebbe, Limkokwing University of Technology expressed interest in establishing a model Tertiary Education centre for the youth empowerment in Uganda based at Namataba Technical Institute in Mukono district.