
Juba Multi-Service Training Center graduated 880 innovative, quality, skills human resources in the country. Through Ministry of Labour, the center received some supports from development agencies implementing projects funded by Africa Development Bank. MTC has become a center for peace where different youths from different backgrounds of South Sudan get opportunities to acquire major sustainable skills to answer a call of youths for employments, which aimed to reduce the burden of widespread youths’ unemployment in South Sudan. This evident based statement was shortly released when the Hon. Minister of Labour, James Hoth Mai on 28th September, 2021, inspected the site to acquaint himself with various skills training activities in Juba Multi-Service Training Center. Numbers of personages accompanied the Hon. Minister to the site comprised of team from the Ministry of Labour, which include; the Undersecretary, Mary Hillary Wani Pitia, Director General for Vocational Training, Rev. John Chol Dau, and Director General for Admin and Finance, Bidit Nhial, AG Director General for Occupational Safety and Health, Wuol Domach In addition, team of development agencies, which were also the project partners implementing different training packages at MTC were present. The Hon. Minister, James Hoth appreciates partners in supporting the Ministry of Labour not only in Juba but also to other parts of South Sudan. “The Africa Development Bank is supporting training centers in MTC, Torit, Rumbek and Yambio targeting to reach 10,000 students”. In MTC, the financial support got from Africa Development Bank is supporting 670 trainees out of which 216 are females in different trays of skills training of 2 to 3 months. Vocational Skills Training is the only means where the development can immerge in the society. Most of the youths in South Sudan are not educated. Thus, they need to be equipped with productive skills to help them fit in the society. “Various short courses available in MTC; prepare students ready for jobs creation they include; basic and advanced electrical, solar installation, hospitality, bread-baking, customer care building and bricklaying, painting, plumbing & pipe fitting, hair dressing, beauty-therapy, computer training, auto mechanic, carpentry & joinery, ICT, welding & metal fabrication. MTC is also offer career counseling and guiding for both youths females and males”. The Deputy Director of training at MTC, Haida Christopher Gwonzer surprisingly mentioned that MTC prepared 880 students in different skills training. “some of them are under sponsorship while others were self-sponsored that made the training center to be overwhelmed”. Said Haida The financial support MTC attained from Africa Development Bank through UNDP and implementing agency SAADO supporting students on the following categories of training as illustrated here on graph. “Those who completed training (80% ) are doing well. Once they finished training from here they do not hung around. Most of them end up getting employed during internship”. She added A student David Longer in auto-mechanic expressed his happiness to the staff of Ministry of Labour said he joined the course in 2018, but because of COVID-19 that interrupted his training he completed in September, 2021, waiting for graduation. “I am supposed to get employment with Zas Aviation but because of delayment in my graduation to acquires my certificate, limit my employment with Zas Aviation. Now I am working for Pinypek as a mechanic, getting 5,000 to 10,000 in some good day however, some time I may came without”. Longa. The skill trainings take 75% practical in two to three months; to equip a student fully in productive employment. Extensively, like that of David Longer some courses take 2 years. Thanks, MTC has been receiving projects’ supports from different development partners such as Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), United Nation for Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and European Union (EU). All aimed at reducing negative impact of conflicts and build peace in the country through effective skills training for employment.