NASSAU, Bahamas — The Ministry of Labour will analyse the skills gap issue by hosting a National Skills Symposium, an event where 100 representatives from a wide-range of sectors will create a report on the issue, The Tribune reported on September 13.
The event, “Forging our Future — Assessing and Analysing the Skills Gap in The Bahamas”, is invitation-only and will be held on Monday at the National Training Agency, at 9am.
Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis will open the symposium. During a press conference yesterday to announce the event, Labour Minister Dion Foulkes noted Dr Minnis said: “The prime minister is very adamant about the mission that we have embarked upon. He is very concerned about the amount of work permits and labour certificates that we still issue for persons to work in The Bahamas. And there’s no sense having a very active business community, there’s no sense having a lot of business investments, if Bahamians are not qualified to take advantage of the jobs…” http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/sep/13/seeking-to-plug-the-skills-gap/
