Courses offered enable students to acquire basic vocational knowledge and skills to qualify them to get jobs as skilled or semi-skilled workers in the industry. The syllabus for Vocational schools is different from the syllabus used in ordinary secondary schools. Vocational education focuses more on the practical form of learning based on the courses taken

SF aims at helping disadvantaged youth to attain life and vocational or occupational skills that help them become self-reliant, financially independent people who create their own sustainable income.

Empowering youth to become self-reliant
The number of young people in Buganda Region who have missed the opportunity of primary and secondary school is at 1.3 million.

Many of such live without having acquired relevant skills such as literacy and numeracy, communication and critical thinking needed for the workplace.

Project Implementation

CBS PEWOSA Community Based Vocational Skills Program is anchored on a mentorship model where young people are not only mentored in technical skills but also business, customer relations, and problem solving skills as they undergo vocational skills training by one of the trainer or animator or artisans practicing different trades in their communities.

Learners are attached to competent local artisans and are equipped with occupational skills in areas like carpentry, metal fabrication and welding, bricklaying and concrete practice, tailoring, catering, bakery, hairdressing, motor vehicle mechanics, soap making, knitting and weaving as well as agro based value addition skills.  The aim is to rebate the high unemployment rate among youth in rural hard to reach areas of Buganda Region

A visit at Nanziga – Nsangi Sub County