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Upskilling the Youth

KCB Foundation in cooperation with GIZ E4D have partnered with an objective to increase employability and income generation for 2,000 youth in the construction sector in Uganda through Skills and Enterprise Development . The overall project will also support the provision of construction toolkits to 440 youth to enable them to establish their business enterprises in the construction sector.

Scholarship available in the courses below ;

  • Masonry

  • Brickwork

  • Plumbing and pipework

  • Welding and metalwork

  • Carpentry and joinery

  • Electrical installation

  • Painting

The vocational training Institutes we are working with include:

  1. Jinja Vocational Training Institute (Jinja)

  2. Datamine Vocational Business Institute (Kampala)

  3. Ntinda Vocational Training Institute (Kampala)

  4. Lugogo Vocational Training Institute (Kampala)

  5. Nyamitanga Technical Institute (Mbarara)

  6. Daniel Comboni Vocational Institute (Gulu)

Requirements:

  • Applicant should be a Ugandan youth

  • Be 15-29 years old

  • Have a National ID

  • Have at least Certificate of Primary Education or above.

  • Commit to attend all training sessions in a technical training institution in their county of residence.

  • Must fulfill the criteria and be within one of the three categories (Business Owner, Apprentice or Skiller)

  • Must be willing to take up a grade test certification through Directorate of Industrial Training (DIT).

News Thursday, December 30th, 2021