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Rise of the tradies: Record numbers sign up as apprentices
25 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM
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Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor
Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation students on a tour in Havelock North. Photo / Paul Taylor
More school leavers are training to become builders, electricians and plumbers: apprenticeships in traditional trades have nearly doubled in the past year.
Data from the Ministry of Education shows the number of new apprentices under the age of 18 jumped from 460 in the six months from August 2019 to 810 for the same period in 2020.
This is supported by Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) data for enrolments in tertiary and vocational study that shows a 17.6 per cent increase from December 2019 to December 2020. The total numbers went from 45,155 in 2019 and 57,035 in 2020.
TS farmers achieve record maize yield
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They get average yield of 2,800 kg per acre
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They get average yield of 2,800 kg per acre
Amid the despair and distraught being left behind by the coronavirus pandemic, the farming community of Telangana has been providing some ray of hope ensuring production of surplus foodgrains, irrespective of assured returns on investment besides their toil.
After setting the record of cultivating highest extent of paddy, on about 52.79 lakh acres, in the country during the current yasangi season, the farmers set another milestone of achieving the highest average yield of 2,800 kg (28 quintals) of maize per acre this season against the global average of 2,357 kg per acre, against odds such as uncertainty over market price and over procurement.
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