New, more accessible education and training expected to particularly benefit the ‘most marginalised’ young people with better jobs
Two new cross Border agreements signed between educational institutions in the northeast of the island will help equip young people from the region for careers in high-tech manufacturing and provide much needed talent to industry, according to those behind the initiative.
She said the provision of new types of more accessible education and training in advanced manufacturing technologies had the potential to have a particular impact on “those most marginalised” young people by enabling them to secure better jobs.
The areas of the economy the courses and micro-learning programmes are focused towards, she suggested, account for almost a third of Ireland’s GDP. “What we are looking to do is funnel talent towards those companies and support them in practical ways as they try to innovate so as to remain competitive.
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