Addis Ababa, March 24, 2024 (FBC) – A delegation led by Director-General of the Department of Vocational and Adult Education at the Ministry of Education of China, Li Ying Li held discussion with officials of the Ethiopian Technical and Vocational Training Institute (TVTI) on ways of enhancing cooperation in providing high-end technical skills training for Ethiopian trainees.
The Chinese delegation along with State Minister for Labor and Skills Ministry, Teshale Berecha (PhD) and senior officials of TVTI visited the Ethiopian Luban Workshop which was launched in 2021 with to provide high-end technical skills training to help college students meet the requirements of the emerging global market.
The workshop is envisaged to serve as a center of excellence across four major areas that are industrial sensor technology, mechatronics technology, industrial control technology and industrial robotics technology.
Yesterday the Chinese Ministry of Education and the Ethiopian Technical and Vocational Training Institute signed MoU to start a new training program in the field of Railway Engineering Technology at the Luban Workshop.
Established by the Chinese Tianjin University of Technology and Education (TUTE), under the guidance of the Ministry of Education of China, the Luban Workshop is serving as center of capacity building for the Ethiopian Technical and Vocational Education and Training sector.