Barbados’ WorldSkills Juniors Future Skills Camp has introduced mobile application development for the first time, giving young participants the opportunity to design and build their own applications while developing skills for careers in the digital economy.

Technical officer at the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Council (TVET Council), Alicia Sealy, gave an update on the camp during a tour by Minister of Technological and Vocational Training Sandra Husbands at the Samuel Jackman Prescod Institute of Technology (SJPI), where campers demonstrated the apps they created.

“This is the sixth year we’re holding the camp. The camp started in 2021 when we first held it online in collaboration with WorldSkills Russia,” Sealy said.