Applications for National Youth Internship Programme Open

By Daisy Mulenga Applications for the National Youth Internship Programme have opened . Ministry of Youth, Sports & Art Principal Public Relations Officer NCHIMUNYA NG’ANDU says the applications for the programme opened at the beginning of October . Mr. N’GANDU says the programme is aimed at equipping young people with practical workplace experience and improving their prospects of securing formal employment. He was speaking in an interview with ZNBC news in LUSAKA. Mr. N’GANDU said successful interns will receive a monthly stipend of two-thousand kwacha . Meanwhile the Zambia Federation of Employers Executive Director HARRINGTON CHIBANDA has hailed government’s internship initiative, saying it will give young people valuable workplace exposure and equip them with skills needed to compete for employment. And Zambia Institute of Human Resource Management Chief Executive Officer and Registrar SIKATUMBA CHILALA has called on institutions and employers to consider employing interns who demonstrate competence.