Parents fill pandemic gap with vocational education
Daily Monitor Monday April 05 2021 Pupils get hand-on training at a workshop. Many pupils locked out of school by the pandemic are now enrolled into informal apprenticeship programmes in their neighbourhoods. Photo | File. Summary In some villages five out of 10 pupils have enrolled for vocational training. Because most schools including vocational colleges remain closed, local workshops and garages are taking in few learners for informal training. Advertisement As schools remain closed to the rest of the classes, some parents have resorted to enrolling their children in technical apprentices...