More vocational training courses to open in Maungtaw

December 27, 2017

An opening ceremony for vocational training organised by the Department for Rural Development was held in Maungtaw and Buthidaung regions yesterday.

The programme aims to increase living standards and socio-economic status for local residents in the Maungtaw and Buthidaung regions.

“More vocational training courses will be opened very soon in order to create job opportunities for the local youths in these regions”, said U Tun Hlaing, head of district Department of Rural Development.

“As for our Department of Rural Development, we are conducting many vocational training courses such as motorbike repairing, tailoring, food processing and cooking so that the locals can earn extra money as much as they can. But all the training classes rely on the budgets of the state”, he added.

The Department of Rural Development was formed in 2013, and aims to alleviate poverty and create job opportunities for the locals. It has also laid down eight steps to implement this process effectively.

According to interviews with local people, this project has helped the development of social and living standards in a number of ways.

Under this project, many supervisory committees were formed to provide and supervise assistance to local people in this region. The training will last 20 days and there are currently 20 trainees taking courses, it was learnt.

Myanmar News Agency

Ref; The Global New Light of Myanmar