Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust Dr Taneisha Ingleton says the skills training institution has certified more than 55,000 people in the last financial year.

The disclosure was made by Ingleton when she appeared before Parliament’s Public Administration and Appropriations Committee (PAAC) on Wednesday.

However, chairman of the committee Peter Bunting indicated that there was a disconnect between the numbers that the training agency had provided when matched against the chorus of complaints by industry players that the country did not have sufficient qualified workforce to meet the current demands by employers.