Government To Make Policy Statement On OJT Programme

The Government is expected to make a policy statement on the On-the-Job Training (OJT) Programme, with Line Minister Barry Padarath saying that the intake of trainees must be better aligned with Ministries.

With more than 4,000 trainees currently enrolled in the programme, he assured that they will be allowed to complete their tenure.

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“You would appreciate this programme now having come to the Ministry of Public Utilities we would need to look at Government policy as it relates to the policy that was enunciated by the Member for Fyzabad and align them to the needs right now. So we’re in the process of that, but as of now it is just roughly over 4,000, and therefore we will make a policy statement as the months precede in terms of additional take-ins into the programme.”