JUST IN: Good news as about 19,000 NABCO trainees to be signed onto the NBSSI- Mastercard Foundation Recovery and Resilience program
The Director of Research and Training at the Nation Builders Corps, Mubarak Bowan has disclosed that about 19,000 NABCO trainees who desire entrepreneurship as their exit pathway will be trained and supported with start-ups to be entrepreneurs under the NBSSI- Mastercard Foundation Recovery and Resilience program for micro-, small-, and medium-size enterprises. Speaking in an interview on the sidelines of a graduation ceremony for NABCO trainees under the NABCO Skill and Talent Academy, he expressed excitement that following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding ( MoU) with the National Board for Small Scale Industries, these personnels will be better equipped for the future. While admonishing personnel to demonstrate diligence and a high sense of integrity, Mr. Bowan urged NABCo trainees to value the skills development opportunities as well as the knowledge acquisition to create better lives after they exit the programme. About 540 Nation Builders Corps, NABCO personnel have completed courses under the NABCO Skill and Talent Academy in Financial management, Data Analytics and Decision Makings, Data Science for engineers, Design of Educational Application using web Technologies, Human Resource, ICT in Classroom Teaching as well as Strategic Management. Forty-seven NABCO personnel graduated from the Ghana Center for Free and Open Source software under the Ghana India Kofi Annan Centre for Excellence in ICT in Bolgatanga. The Director of Research and Training at the Nation Builders Corps, Mubarak Bowan disclosed that About 33 thousand trainees signed up for the virtual learning programme which forms part of the value addition aspect of the NABCO programme that seeks to guarantee the work placement, provide continuing training and learning as well as exposing trainees to a range of special projects to enhance their future employability. For his part, the Director-General of the Ghana- India Kofi Annan Center Excellence in ICT, Kwasi Adu Gyan explained that the partnership of his outfit with the Nation Builder Corp was to provide functional working knowledge and competence at the workplace. He added that the initiative was to provide specialist training opportunities to add value to the basic qualifications of NABCO personnel to enable them to transition into permanent employment as part of their exit arrangement. The Director of Consultancy at the Ghana India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT, and a facilitator for Strategic Management course, Dr. Patrick Offei encouraged the trainees to use the expert level training to serve as a launching pad into the job market. Other dignitaries that graced the ceremony includes Madam Priscilla Hope, Project Manager with the Ghana India Kofi Annan Center for Excellence in ICT; Mr. Michael Amponsah IT Officer with NABCO, and Madam Rosemanna Adu Adjei, the Module Implementation Partner, MIP Coordinator. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/ CONTRIBUTOR PROSPER ADAAKAI, BOLGATANGA Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
JUST IN: NABCO career pathways portal is working accordingly, those complaining must make sure they use the correct site- Mubarak Bowan
The Director in charge of Business Research and Skills Development at the Head office of the Nation Builders Corps Mubarak Bowan in an exclusive interview told Apexnewsgh.com that the career pathways portal produced for NABCO beneficiaries across the country is working accordingly. Therefore, those complaining about the portal inactiveness must make sure they used the correct link. Because to him, since the portal was introduced to receive applications from Interested beneficiaries, there has not been any form of hitches so far. However, even though Mr. Bowan believes all is well with the portal, he said the load on the portal might be a contributing factor that can slow down the system. “First of all, you must get the correct link, we announced the opening of the portal, and quickly we are monitoring it. When we opened it that night, within 3 hours, we have over 400 people who already login, and we realized that the initial complaint was that people did not copy the link well. So, when you don’t copy the link well, it wouldn’t open. Then, the next day we received further complaints and I continue monitoring the system, there were 1400 people log in and when I was going to respond to the system, I went back to check and they were 1900 people log in when I finished typing the response, I went back to check and they were almost 17,000 on the platform. That is what normally happened to a server as the load increases, the server is built in such a way that, it is not allowed to crash. So, when the load gets to its maximum level, it will prevent others from adding to the load. So, when you are trying to log in, it wouldn’t log in and you will see that it will stay on and later say the site cannot be reached, and then, it takes you off. But As soon as some people logged off.” “So, the process is open till the 30th of November, it is not a two-day timeline, is not a one-day timeline, we calculated it and that is how come we gave 3 weeks.” “Continue to monitor it and you would see that daily as we go, the complaint of ‘I can’t log in’ will diminish, because already you have almost 20,000 people who are almost finishing the process, so it is the load but the connectivity is also important. There are some areas you have less than 3G networks and you may have to change a network to be able to do it or may have to move to a different location where the connectivity strength is better. It will open but is just that, it will take a long time to open.” http://www.careerpathways.nabco.gov.gh/ Meanwhile, the correct and accurate site to work with is the one above, to avoid any inconvenience. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
540 NABCO beneficiaries graduates after successfully gone through NSTA programme
540 NABCO beneficiaries who registered for the Skills and Talent Academy training programme which was launched during the NABCO first anniversary by his Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have successfully graduated. The NABCO skills and Talent Academy was launched and was intended to be used for delivering learning and human capital development tools to trainees, for skills upskilling and reskilling of talents. These skills development tools in addition to the trainee’s workplace practical skills acquired are to enable every trainee transition through the various exit pathways, namely, retention, entrepreneurship, and further learning. The graduation which took place at the premises of Ghana-Indian Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence on Saturday, November 14, 2020, saw most grandaunts wearing excited faces when receiving their certificates. Speaking to the Director in charge of, Business Research and Skills Development Mubarak Bowan at the graduation venue, he told Apexnewsgh.com that the Skills and Talent Academy programme, is a work and learning programme and as well, a life improvement and life-building process under NABCO to make young graduates, men and women more skillful to improve their employability to encourage and invoke their innovative idea and innovative skills to get them to be able to venture into areas they may never thought of going into. According to Mr. Bowan, NABCO deployed over 480 certificate programmes online, and over 33,000 of the NABCO trainees out of the 100,000 registered for the courses before the lockdown, but over 540 beneficiaries were able to finish their courses successfully in various thematic areas. … so, we are graduating those who successfully finished the programme from the northern zone here in Bolgatanga, on Monday we will be graduating another set from the middle zone, and on Tuesday will be graduating another set from the Coastal belt. For those who are still working to complete their certification, when they finish, we will have a way of seeing them through. But some did not complete their courses but participated and they will also get the certification of participation to acknowledge that take part in gaining knowledge in those areas. However, he acknowledged the partnership between the Ghana-Indian Kofi Annan Centre of Excellent in ICT and NABCO as he indicated that their cooperation will continue to benefit beneficiaries who are willing to the advantage of the online courses. However, the Director-General of Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT Kwasi Adu-Gyan who was the guest of honor at the graduation ceremony said, after NABCO was established and launched by His Excellency Akufo Addo, there was a discussion for capacity building and skill development of NABCO graduates. “His excellency established NABCO as a way of engaging unemployed graduates, I mean people who have graduated from the University, but for one reason or the other have not been able to get a permanent job. So, it was established as a temporally, where we bring them, train them and then retool them for the industry.” He said According to him, these activities fall into the mandate of setting up the Ghana-Indian Kofi Annan Centre of Excellent in ICT which is to bridge the gap between academia and the industry. …so there was a connection between NABCO and Ghana-Indian Kofi Annan Centre of Excellent in ICT, so we had a wonderful agreement, an MOU to train the numerous NABCO participants.” We developed a platform to engage those who will not be able to come face to face and we allow them to participate online virtually. We also upgraded our E-learning platforms with the necessary equipment to reach where ever NABCO personnel maybe. However, addressing NABCO grandaunts during the graduation ceremony, he encourages them to continue taking advantage of the Skills and Talent Academy programme by enrolling in some other courses, because that is the only way to prepare themselves ahead in the job market. Meanwhile, grandaunts who received their certificates after going through the training successfully expressed satisfaction to the leadership of Nation Builders Corps for such a wonderful opportunity. Some other top NABCO national officials were present to grace the graduation ceremony, including the Upper regional coordinator Wunison Khan Jambeidu Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications
NEWS IN: NABCo Begins Permanent Employment Transition For Its Beneficiaries
The CEO of the Nation Builders Corps (NABCo) has emphasised that beneficiaries of the scheme are being prepared for permanent employment as it approaches its second anniversary. Dr Ibrahim Anyars stressed that as trainees go through a work and learning programme, they would be ready for opportunities for permanent employment and become innovative in establishing their own enterprises. “By placing them into work to gain experience and value addition through training and human capital development, the trainees would be ready for opportunities for permanent employment and become innovative in establishing their enterprises.” Addressing the maiden edition of the Nation Building Updates in Accra on Tuesday on the theme “Leadership that delivers for the Youth.” He said government recognises the challenging burden of unemployment at various levels of society and has adequately initiated measures through the NaBCO programme to address it. Present at the gathering were the Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) from the National Youth Authority (NYA), Youth Employment Agency (YEA), National Board for Small Scale Industries (NBSSI), National Service Scheme (NSS) and the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP). The CEOs praised the Akufo-Addo administration for making unprecedented strides in providing opportunities and hope for the Ghanaian youth. Steps to fill NABCO Trainees Career Pathway Transition FormThe NABCO Trainees Career Pathway Transition Processing portal is an online platform created for all NABCO trainees to fill in their various details and qualification, to help in the transitioning of these trainees into permanent jobs, entrepreneurship, and further learning processing. If you can recall, in our last update, we stated that the management of NABCO is on a move to making NABCO trainees permanent employees in their various institutions. In doing so, the career pathway portal has been created to help in the smooth selection process. All trainees are expected to visit the portal and fill in the necessary details to help determine whether he or she has qualified for the permanent job, entrepreneurship, or further learning. To begin with the process, you’ll first have to visit the portal through this link. Once you’re on the page, you need to sign in using your NABCO Number and password. After you’ve login into the platform, you’ll see 8 steps that you must complete. These include: Update profile Select a career pathway Upload CV Core experience and career expectation Career interest and statement Provide copies of certified certificates Review and submit NEWS IN: NABCo Begins Permanent Employment Transition For Its Beneficiaries Now let’s look at these 8 steps in details: STEP 2 – Update Profile Update Profile picture: Click on the camera icon to update the profile picture (Optional). Upload Copy of Ghana Card: Click on the Choose File icon to upload a copy of the Ghana Card. State career objectives: Input your career objectives in the input field. Provide Ghana card number: Input your Ghana Card Number in the input field. Click on the Save and Continue button to Proceed to the Next Step. NEWS IN: NABCo Begins Permanent Employment Transition For Its Beneficiaries STEP 2 – Select Carrer Pathway NB: TRAINEE CAN ONLY SELECT ONE CAREER PATHWAY To select a career pathway: Click on either the button Permanent Employment Entrepreneurship Career-focused learning Click on the Save and Continue button to move to the Next Step. Permanent employment Select Desired Sector under Career Pathway Public Private Desired Sector Company Click on the arrow icon and select your desired sector Company. Click on the Save and Continue button to move to the next step. Other Service Sectors: If the sectors displayed are not favorable: Select other service sectors and Input your desired sector company in the input field. Click on the Save and Continue button to move to the next step. Entrepreneurship For Entrepreneurship: State Sector of Area of Interest, State Location: Town/District/Region, Upload Copy of Business proposal, State Skills required to actualize your Interest, Upload Copy of Business Plan, and State other core resources in the section. Click on the Save and Continue button labeled 2 in Figure 8 to move to the next step. Career Focus Further Learning For Career Focus Further Learning: State Sector or Area of Interest, State why you require learning & skills development in the areas/sectors entered, State which career would this further learning lead you to in the section. Step 4 – Curriculum Vitae The Curriculum Vitae contains eight (8) Simple TABs NB: ALL TABS MUST BE FILLED This tab contains instructions on the requirement needed to complete the Curriculum Vitae (CV) Education: Click on the Add Educational Details button to fill the educational details form. Fill all the required fields. Click on the Save button at the right corner of the Page to save the Educational Details NB: TRAINEES CAN ADD MULTIPLE EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS STATED IN TAB. Work Experience: Click on the Add Work Experience button to fill the Work Experience details form Fill all the required fields. Click on the Save button at the right corner of the Page to save the Work Experience Details. NB: TRAINEES CAN ADD MULTIPLE WORK EXPERIENCE INFORMATION BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS IN TAB Language: Click on each arrow in each input field and select your preferred option in the section. Check the box in the section if the language is your Mother Tongue. Check the box in the section if you have LPE (Language Proficiency Examination). Click on the Save Language button to save language details. Skills & Training: NABCO Skills Training and Learning NB: TRAINEES CAN ADD MULTIPLE NABCO SKILLS TRAINING AND LEARNING EXPERIENCE BY FOLLOWING THE STEPS IN TAB 5 Add Nabco skills Training and Learning: Click on the Skills and Training Tab Input Title of Training, Facilitator. Select Online/Physical, Start Date, and End Date. If the training was done online, provide the link/website to the training. If training was done physically, provide the location of the training. Click on the Add Nabco Training and Learning button to add a Nabco skill and learning. Edit Skills Training and Learning details: Review/Submit To Review/Submit: Click on the Review/Submit button. Click on the preferred tab title to review and
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I’ll take care of NABCO recruits – Mahama promises
Former President John Dramani Mahama says he will provide sustainable jobs for Ghanaians if he wins the December polls. According to him, the NDC manifesto team has done a comprehensive analysis of the job gap in the public sector which will inform job opportunities if they come back to power. “The security services also revealed several opportunities. Ghana National Fire Service, 30,136; Ghana Immigration Service 3,522, Ghana Prison Service, 7,925; Ghana Police Service 35,020 vacancies and many more. Together with the private sector, we will create real jobs, not temporary and artificial jobs, so that people can live dignified lives. “If you have been engaged under NABCO, I say to you that you belong to Ghana and not to any individual or group. You deserve permanent jobs like all citizens. The welfare of workers is also key to our national progress and prosperity,” the NDC flagbearer said when he addressed professional groups on Monday. He stressed: “We plan to amend the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766) to allow workers who lose their jobs suddenly – such as COVID-19 did to many private-sector workers – to be paid allowances while they search for new opportunities. Also, workers who have contributed between ten (10) to fifteen (15) years will be allowed to use their contributions as collateral to access mortgage loans. “And where applicable waivers on vehicle imports will be granted to facilitate productivity. After long years of work, the day of retirement will come. Come it will. We know the formal sector has the tiered pension which must be enhanced. We have already committed to paying pensioners an annual thirteenth-month bonus. But how about the informal sector? This is why the next NDC government will introduce a new Pension Scheme for organised groups in the informal sector.” Starrfm Please kindly contact apexnewsgh.com on apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications