Revitalization of Youth Polytechnics/Vocational Training Centres

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THAT, AWARE THAT Youth Polytechnics, also known and used to be known as Village Polytechnics and now Vocational Training Centres, are educational institutions that offer primary and secondary school leavers opportunities to acquire relevant knowledge especially technical and vocational skills to increase their employability; FURTHER AWARE THAT youth polytechnics provide industrial and entrepreneurial skills training to young people in order to increase employment opportunities, reduce dependency levels and increase self- reliance among the youth; RECALLING THAT in 2005, the Youth Training Department of the then Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports was established through the Presidential Circular No.1 of 2005, with a mandate of revitalizing the Youth Polytechnics countrywide in order to empower youth through provision of accessible, appropriate and quality training in technical, vocational, industrial, entrepreneurship and life skills; COGNIZANT THAT youth polytechnics are a devolved function;