Castries, Saint Lucia: The Ministry of Youth Improvement and Sports activities of Saint Lucia signed a Grant Settlement with USAID on Wednesday. The initiative is aimed toward enhancing the professionalism among the many younger technology.
Director of america Company for Worldwide Improvement (USAID) Youth Resilience, Inclusion, and Empowerment (Y-RIE), Dwynette Eversley, gave a speech on the professionalization of youth work within the Caribbean in the course of the signing of the Grant Settlement.
The initiative to professionalize youth work within the Caribbean began within the Seventies and the Commonwealth Caribbean Youth Programme performed an instrumental position in formalizing the requirements for youth work by creating the Commonwealth Competency Requirements for Youth Improvement Work within the Caribbean.
These requirements had been endorsed by CARICOM in 2012 as the premise for certifiable vocational {qualifications} in all CARICOM International locations.
The College of the West Indies used these requirements to develop the curriculum for the primary degree-level coaching program for youth growth work, which is the BSc in Youth Development Work that’s presently provided all through the Caribbean through the UWI Open Campus.
USAID’s Regional Studying Director, Dwynette Eversley, introduced that requirements might be used to coach MYDS youth staff. These requirements will assist assess and handle youth growth practices constantly and measurably.
The requirements certify Stage 2 to Stage 5 competencies, guaranteeing high quality coaching for youth staff via nationwide high quality assurance mechanisms and monitoring processes. The Saint Lucia TVET Council is overseeing the latter features.
Mary Wilfred, Everlasting Secretary within the Ministry of Youth Improvement and Sports activities, expressed the necessity for technical help to strengthen the strategic focus and effectiveness of the Division of Youth work programming and organizational coordination efforts.
Youth staff are sometimes marginalized, limiting their means to advocate for his or her shoppers. The MYDS seeks to professionalize youth companies and safe alternatives for the upward mobility of youth staff. They’re working intently with the Saint Lucia Council for Technical, Vocational, Schooling, and Coaching to validate the competency-based curriculum for the Stage II CVQ normal for Youth Improvement Work.
