President Museveni has called on Ugandans to embrace free vocational education, saying it is crucial in complementing formal education and equipping youth with the skills needed for economic self-reliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the commissioning of the Rwenzori Presidential Initiative Industrial Hub in Kasese, the President emphasized that vocational skills are not a fallback option but a vital component of national development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe need a mindset change,\u201d Museveni said. \u201cLet us stop looking down on vocational work. Our young people must value skills training and use it to create jobs and wealth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The industrial hub, which is part of the Presidential Initiative on Skilling the Girl and Boy Child<\/strong>, offers training in trades such as carpentry, tailoring, welding, baking, and hairdressing. It targets out-of-school youth and school leavers, especially those unable to access higher education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Museveni also urged parents, local leaders, and communities to support the government\u2019s policy of free education \u2014 including vocational learning as a way of broadening opportunities for all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cFacilities like this are a bridge between education and employment. We must ensure they are fully utilized,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The President\u2019s remarks come amid growing demand for practical skills training across Uganda, with vocational centres being seen as a key to solving the youth unemployment crisis and reshaping perceptions of education beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Museveni has called on Ugandans to embrace free vocational education, saying it is crucial in complementing formal education and equipping youth with the skills needed for economic self-reliance. Speaking at the commissioning of the Rwenzori Presidential Initiative Industrial Hub in Kasese, the President emphasized that vocational skills are not a fallback option but a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2270,"featured_media":39668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_paywall_metabox":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[356],"tags":[31,137,119],"class_list":["post-39667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-story","tag-featured","tag-museveni","tag-uganda-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39669,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39667\/revisions\/39669"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ugmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}