We have prioritized NABCo trainees in recruitment, trainees to join MIPs – Coordinator
It has been weeks since the first batch of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) trainees ended their three-year program with the government with the young graduates seeking answers to what becomes of them as they head home.
Incidents prior to the end of the program led to some people tagging the program as just to buy votes from the youth for the New Patriotic Party.
Some also were of the view that the program was rushed and had no blueprint nor a concrete exit plan for the graduates.
The coordinator for the program also indicate that the program was not a waste of time as provisions are being made for the graduates.
“President Akufo-Addo in considering the plights of graduates who were unemployed initiated this program. Three years on, we have young confident graduates who have their dignity rescued and their security for a period of time to decide what their career plan will be, others who came in with low levels of qualification all got to improve upon them.”
He further outlined the exit plan for the beneficiaries of the programme.
“If you ask the 68,000 who have completed the process, they will tell you that in the very final year of the programme, we took them through the CPTP i.e. the Career Pathway Transition Process and that is what has given us the about 68,000 number we have now.”
“The CPTP required that the graduate trainees indicate an exit profile indicating their career interests. Some of them chose permanent employment in the public sector, others opted for entrepreneurship and career-focused learning.”
“As a responsible government, President Akufo-Addo has ensured that over the period, NABCo trainees have been prioritized in recruitment, and we have over 49,000 in employment.”
“NABCo is in phases, the three years they did is the enrichment programme, the next is the Module Implementation Partners (MIP) who are the employment providers and so every one of them who exited on the 31st October 2021 received a message from us notifying them of an opportunity to join the exit preparation portal where the MIPs will come in.”
This initiative was launched in 2018 to help reduce the rising unemployment rate as the NABCo initiative employed 100,000 youth.
The seven modules under the said program that seeks to tackle Ghana’s pressing needs include Educate Ghana, Heal Ghana, Feed Ghana, Revenue Ghana, Enterprise Ghana, Digitize Ghana and Governance Ghana.
They were thus engaged for three years whiles earning GHC700 monthly stipend but the contract draws to a close this year and this has generated a lot of conversation among Ghanaians on the way forward.
By: Stella Annan | myactiveonline.com Twitter @activetvgh
