Free­lance Con­trib­u­tor

Min­is­ter of Ter­tiary Ed­u­ca­tion and Skills Train­ing Prakash Per­sad is en­cour­ag­ing cit­i­zens, par­tic­u­lar­ly young peo­ple, to pur­sue train­ing in what he de­scribed as “AI-proof” ca­reers, as the world braces for the grow­ing im­pact of ar­ti­fi­cial in­tel­li­gence on the work­force.

Per­sad made the call while de­liv­er­ing the fea­ture ad­dress at the Youth Train­ing and Em­ploy­ment Part­ner­ship Pro­gramme (YTEPP) Mem­o­ran­dum of Un­der­stand­ing sign­ing be­tween the North Cen­tral Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (NCRHA) and Caribbean Dock­yard En­gi­neer­ing Ser­vices Lim­it­ed. The event took place on Wednes­day at YTEPP’s Wood­ford Lodge, Ch­agua­nas head­quar­ters.