SJPP focused on human development

THE Samuel Jackman Prescod Polytechnic (SJPP) is committed to Human Development. 

 

This was the message from Ian Drakes, Deputy Principal of the SJPP, during his opening address at the Internship Programme Inaugural Breakfast Forum in the SJPP Auditorium. He believes that these are trying times, “but what we have going for us in Barbados is our people”. Therefore, the SJPP is serious about its Human Development Strategy and this has been the impetus behind the modified internship programme to improve what they have been doing over the years.

 

He highlighted, “We want that students leaving the institution can function not only in Barbados, but across the region. They can get their grassroots introduction from SJPP... We know it has been trying times, but we thank Corporate Barbados for internship opportunities. Our goal is to improve and create new partnerships towards the development of our human capital.”

 

Cassandra Earle-Hazell, Industrial Liaison Consultant at SJPP, indicated: “The premise upon which the modified internship programme is based, is in workforce preparedness, student empowerment and student centredness. It is designed to create and foster a structured environment where the skills of learners may be supplemented. In addition to their technical and vocational competencies, allows them to have a more holistic approach to satisfy the labour market demands. Hence, this approach will create a more acclimatised worker who readily and willingly renders services that significantly adds value, not just to themselves, their respective companies or industry, but to the national economy in keeping with the Government’s human resource development trajectory for the future.

 

“Research was done to determine how best the institutions may advance the internship programme given the current economic constraints, and how best to utilise the present resources more advantageously, to reach the desired outcome of producing a more workforce ready graduate.” (NB)