The Rwanda Development Board (RDB), department of Human Capital and Institutional Development (HCID) has congratulated and awarded certificates to 362 interns that have completed 6 months of internship program.
At the same time, 344 graduates have been sent to different institutions to begin the same program.
According to the Ag. Head of HCID, Apollo Munanura; the program is to contribute significantly to improving employability whilst while helping to address the ‘human resource constraints’.
“At the end of their degree courses, students don’t have enough skills in terms of employability. They have theoretical skills in different fields but not practical experience needed in the labour market, and thus to increase productivity we had to start an on-job-training program which will always last for 6 months,” he said.
Munanura added; “while education provides mainly theoretical knowledge, skills training and experience build confidence.Young people offer a unique contribution to the workplace with their enthusiasm, commitment, high potential of innovation and willingness to embrace change.”
The overacting goal of the program is to help interns gain experience in their chosen fields of study and familiarity with the business environment that can also help them not to be job creators.
RDB’s COO Claire Akamanzi noted, “I congratulate you upon completion of 6 months on-job-training. Today Rwanda wants people that have integrity and value with the character to transform whatever is around, and I hope you will too transform the rest in the society that you are going.”
“I wish you to reach the biggest dreams that you have, but this will only be achieved after you have worked hard to reach them,” COO challenged both outgoing and incoming interns.
Letitia Muhorakeye graduated from UNILAK at the Law Department in 2010, and has been doing her internship at the Supreme Court. She noted, “The team at the Supreme Court showed us how job market is done practically and now at least I have field experience as compared to the time I had finished my degree.”
There is over 40 both private and public institutions where over 1000 graduates have already benefited from the program since it started in 2009.
It is complemented with the specialized trainings in employability skills that conducted at the end of each internship phase with the assistance of Education Development Center (EDC) Akazi kanoze.
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