Minister encourages youth to study

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OUDTSHOORN NEWS - A project to equip young people with skills has come full circle to Oudtshoorn where 344 certificates were handed over by the National Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform on Friday. Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane visited Oudtshoorn on Friday to officiate at the NARYSEC graduation ceremony.

The National Rural Youth Services Corp (NARYSEC) was established in 2010 to equip unemployed rural youth with appropriate skills to enable them to gain or create employment. The first programme was launched outside Oudtshoorn in Dysselsdorp in May 2011.

Since then 3210 youth from all over the Western Cape have completed skills training and received certificates. courses that are available and presented by TVET colleges include plant- and animal production, building, welding, general security, and engineering fabrication and -studies.

The 344 students who received their certificates from the minister on Friday.

The minister listens as one of the exhibitors explains the medicinal uses of certain plants.