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Parents fill pandemic gap with vocational education


Daily Monitor
Monday April 05 2021
Pupils get hand-on training at a workshop. Many pupils locked out of school by the pandemic are now enrolled into informal apprenticeship programmes in their neighbourhoods. Photo | File.
Summary
In some villages five out of 10 pupils have enrolled for vocational training. Because most schools including vocational colleges remain closed, local workshops and garages are taking in few learners for informal training.
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As schools remain closed to the rest of the classes, some parents have resorted to enrolling their children in technical apprenticeships as a measure to keep them engaged and away from home.
At a furniture workshop in Mpererwe a Kampala suburb, I find about 10 young boys in the ages of 12 - 15 involved in carpentry work. Some are sanding furniture, others painting and some are observing the workmen go about their various tasks. ....

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