Registration started this week and courses being offered are website design, sewing and baking classes. The training is free and open to early high school leavers and single parents
The project is a collaboration of the Small Business Development Foundation (SBDF) and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Youth and Sports Affairs "Get off the block, Get on the bus, Get busy" programme.
Registration for the courses can take place at the SBDF office which is near Affoo Supermarket in Philipsburg and in the vicinity of the Philipsburg Jubilee Library and Sundial School, tel. 543-0777 or the Cabinet of the Minister of Education, Culture, Youth & Sports tel. 586-2780.
Persons must be between the ages of 16-28 and unemployed.
"This programme is about creating the opportunity for single parents and those that didn't complete their high school, to gain and improve skills that would increase employability of these young adults within the Sint Maarten economy," Minister of Tourism & Economic Affairs Hon. Franklin Meyers said on Wednesday.
