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| UNEVOC Network Member since: 2015 | | Type: National Body |
Welcome to the page of Grenada National Training Agency (NTA)
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The National Training Agency (NTA) was enacted in May 2009. It is the body responsible for overseeing, designing, monitoring, promoting and establishing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to meet Grenada’s skills development needs.show more> The National Training Agency (NTA) was enacted in May 2009. It is the body responsible for overseeing, designing, monitoring, promoting and establishing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to meet Grenada’s skills development needs.
The NTA reports to the Grenada Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (GCTVET). The Council manages the Agency by providing oversight, supervision and guidance.
NTA aims to reinforce a highly productive workforce improving Grenada’s Competitiveness and to enhance the employability of Grenada’s Workforce
Objectives- Ensuring the financial sustainability of workforce development in Grenada.
- Increasing awareness of workforce development among employers.
- Enhancing public perception of the value of TVET.
- Enhancing the certification capacity of Grenada’s... <show more>
Ensuring the financial sustainability of workforce development in Grenada.
Increasing awareness of workforce development among employers.
Enhancing public perception of the value of TVET.
Enhancing the certification capacity of Grenada’s TVET system.
Ensuring that there is adequate maintenance of quality assurance in Grenada’s TVET system.
Streamlining and improving coordination within the TVET system.
- Coordinating Quality Assurance Activities
- Vetting and approving occupation standards
- Monitoring and evaluating programmes
- Managing the centre approval process
- Training instructors, assessors and facility auditors
- awarding certificati... <show more>
Coordinating Quality Assurance Activities
Vetting and approving occupation standards
Monitoring and evaluating programmes
Managing the centre approval process
Training instructors, assessors and facility auditors
awarding certification of competent learners (Institution Based)
- Quality Assurance Manual
- Assessment Guidelines
- Centre Approval Guidelines
- Procedures Manual
- News letters
Contact Head:
Lincoln Morgan
Coordinator:Garvin Glasgow
Function: Co-ordinator for Training Support
E-Mail: *****
Tel: *****
Tel (mobile): *****
[Full contact information only for logged-in UNEVOC Network members]
Address:
Grenada National Training Agency (NTA)
Belmont Road
St. George's
Grenada
(local time now ~18:31 - not accounting for daylight saving time)
News
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News and Documents
Cluster Caribbean
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 | 15 July 2018The UNEVOC Network celebrates World Youth Skills DayOn the occasion of World Youth Skills Day (15 July), more than 30 UNEVOC Centres celebrated the importance of Skills for Youth, through conferences, workshop, skills exhibition and promotional campaigns. Discover our interactive map to learn more about those initiatives. ( more) |
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 | 16 August 2016HEART Trust NTA celebrates World Youth Skills DayThe HEART Trust NTA in Jamaica, in cooperation with WorldSkills Jamaica, hosted a one-day skills competition and jobs fair under the theme 'Skills in Motion - Skills Rule the World'. The event was organized to, among other things, celebrate World Youth Skills Day 2016. ( more) |
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 | 20 May 2016HEART Trust/NTA holds inaugural Greening in TVET seminarThe HEART Trust/NTA in Jamaica (cluster coordinator for the Caribbean cluster) held an inaugural Greening in TVET seminar on April 19, 2016. The seminar discussed green skills and their alignment with technical and vocational education and training (TVET) for sustainable development. ( more) |
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 | 28 September 2015UNESCO-UNEVOC participates in UKFIETFrom 15 to 17 September 2015, 550 participants met in London, the United Kingdom, for the UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development. ( more) |
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 | 28 May 2015Second International Conference on TVET in the CaribbeanTVET is high on the political agenda in Caribbean countries. The Second International Conference on TVET in the Caribbean “STEM Education in TVET: Imperative to National and Regional Development” served to establish a platform for reforming education systems. ( more) |
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 | 13 December 2013HEART Trust (UNEVOC Centre Jamaica) - TVET SymposiumThe HEART Trust held a TVET Symposium on October 31, 2013 under the theme 'Advancing Economic Development through TVET.' Jamaica's Minister of Industry and Commerce, the Honourable Anthony Hylton, spoke about the plans for the logistics hub in Jamaica. The keynote speaker was Mr. Robert Ready, Canadian High Commissioner to Jamaica. Key issues in TVET were explored such as Jamaica's TVET policy and its strategic implications, Quality Assurance in TVET, Repositioning the Apprenticeship System, Industry Engagement. ( more) |
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 | 7 December 2010Representatives of UNEVOC Centre in Jamaica visit UNESCO-UNEVOC ( more) |
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 | 16 August 2010New UNEVOC Network Member: CTVET, GuyanaGuyana is the 167th UNESCO Member State that has joined the UNEVOC Network! Its Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) became a UNEVOC Network Centre in August 2010. ( more) |
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