“Human Resources and Emiratisation”: Providing 3,400 training opportunities for students at 500 employers.

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation announced its success, in cooperation with its relevant partners in the “Vocational and Practical Training Programme” for national students, in exceeding the targets of the pilot phase of the program for the year 2023, by providing more than 3,400 training opportunities for students in more than 500 entities, compared to the target of creating training opportunities. It has 350 entities.
The Ministry stated that 1,780 male and female students have enrolled in the program since the launch of its pilot phase, which began in September of last year, and will continue until the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, to begin the phase of implementing the program in its final and comprehensive form over a period of five years, with the aim of supporting the enrollment of Emirati students into the skilled workforce in The private sector, by providing them with the necessary practical experience during the various educational stages, through several program tracks that are offered to students from the ninth grade, until the final year of higher education.
The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation is the general coordinator of the programme, in cooperation with its partners in the Ministry of Education, the Emirates Foundation for School Education, the Higher Colleges of Technology, the Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, and the Applied Technology High School, with the support of the Emirates Competitiveness Council for Competitiveness (NAFES).
Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation for National Human Resources Development, Ahmed Al Nasser, said: “Qualifying and training national cadres and enhancing their competitiveness in the labor market is an ongoing work of the Ministry in cooperation with its partners by launching pioneering initiatives in the field of training, qualification and integration of citizens into private sector jobs since The early stages of life, while they are in school, is the stage in which their visions are formed and they realize their true trends and inclinations. This is within the responsibility of the Ministry and its direction to increase the participation of citizens and their real contribution to the labor market, and its role in the success of the state’s national trends and vision for the next economic stage, which is its foundation and main pillar. Citizen staff.
He added: “The vocational and practical training program for students comes as a continuation of the achievements made in the field of Emiratisation in the labor market, and the great boom achieved during the last stage, through the proliferation of generations trained and ready to integrate into the economic stage, which achieves excellence and competitiveness for them in any field or sector of the labor market.” “, pointing to the extensive achievements achieved during the experimental phase and the demand that accompanies the work from students, educational bodies, or supervisory bodies.
The program seeks to achieve three basic goals, the most important of which is enhancing the process of developing professional skills among Emirati youth in line with the goals of economic diversification and priority sectors in the UAE, in addition to building a strong work ethics system among Emirati youth, and encouraging consideration of private sector jobs from the age of This is an early step, in addition to the program’s goals of strengthening ties between Emirati students and private sector companies.