The goal of the partnership between the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) and Rohde & Schwalz, a leading supplier of technical knowledge in Germany, is to improve young people’s access to training and career opportunities.
The ITF is responsible for the administration of the Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES), as well as direct training, vocational and direct training, vocational and apprentice training, research and consultation service.
The ITF also provides compensation and award programmes for employment based on the announced rate. Under this plan, the financially-capable ITF contributes to the costs and also provides funding for further research.
The Rohde & Schwalz team was given a tour of the Industrial Training Fund’s (ITF) training facility in Jos by the organization’s Director-General, Mr. Joseph Ari.
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Ari maintains that the partnership’s benefits would extend well beyond the fund itself, as it would encourage young Nigerians to acquire new skills that would ultimately lead to the creation of new employment and growth in the economy.
He went on to say that with their combined resources, the young people they were training would have access to even more cutting-edge tools.
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Prof. Pascal Anosike, a Rohde & Schwarz consultant who toured some of the fund’s facilities, said that the alliance will strengthen the fund’s infrastructure by bringing in modern equipment and skilled workers.
If Anosike is to be believed, the cooperation will also boost the fund’s internship programme and lead to an international apprenticeship skills plan, making the fund a training centre for other African nations.
Mr. Klans Schneider, another Rohde & Schwarz consultant, echoed the same sentiments, praising the fund for its commitment to international best practices.
This is encouraging news since it means more young people in Nigeria will have access to high-quality technical training, increasing the number of jobs and business possibilities available to them.
The young may then go on to hire more people, increasing the country’s GDP.
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