“Human Resources and Emiratisation”: Success of the pilot phase of the “Practical and Vocational Training Programme” for citizen students

The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation and its relevant partners in the “Vocational and Practical Training Program” for national students succeeded 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, which is to create training opportunities in 350. Side.
Specifically, 1,780 male and female students have joined the program since the launch of its pilot phase in September of last year, and this phase continues until the end of the 2023-2024 academic year, beginning 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 sector. Private, by providing them with the necessary practical experience during the various stages of study, through several tracks of the program 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 program, 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 Emirati Talents Competitiveness Council (NAFES).

Ahmed Al Nasser, Assistant Undersecretary of the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation for National Human Resources Development, said that 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 and qualification and integrating citizens into private sector jobs from the age stages. The early stage, while they are in school, is the stage in which their visions are formed and they realize their true orientations and inclinations, and this is within the responsibility of the Ministry and its direction to increase citizens’ participation 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, whose basis and main pillar is the citizen cadre. .

His Excellency explained that 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 vast 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.