Future participants in the Preparing Today for Tomorrow’s Challenges, Transforming Children’s Lives (PTFTC-TCL) programme will have the opportunity to earn certification aligned with Caribbean Vocational Qualification (CVQ) standards beginning in September, the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council has announced.

The council’s technical officer for programme development, Akil Thompson, told over 300 students at the tenth-anniversary recognition ceremony of the PTFTC-TCL programme at Sandals Royal Barbados on Wednesday that, beginning with the next cohort in September, the programme will be aligned with national and regional occupational and employability standards.

“The TVET Council has been working very closely with the program coordinators to take this program to the next level,” he said. “All future participants of this program will not just receive a certificate of participation, they will be formally assessed and certified against the Caribbean Vocational qualifications.”