Calls for collaboration as world marks youth skills day

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the Federal Republic of Germany and President Uhuru Kenyatta during the laying of the foundation stone for the construction of an industrial mechatronics centre at the Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology (PHOTO: Courtesy)

NAIROBI, KENYA: The World Youth Skills Day (WYSD 2020) is celebrated on July 15, every year. The United Nations invented day aims at spreading awareness of the importance that technical and vocational education, training, and the development of new skills holds in our lives and is relevant to both local and global economies.

The commemoration of WYSD 2020 is happening in an extremely challenging context. The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and lockdown measures have led to the worldwide closure of TVET institutions, threatening the continuity of skills development.