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Regional Vocational and Technical Training Project
Saint Kitts and Nevis
| Borrower | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Financing Type | Public Sector |
| Instrument | Project Loan |
| Focus Area | Education |
| Approved | 19.11.1986 |
| Signed | 16.06.1987 |
| Status | Completed |
| Loan Administrator | CDB |
| Executing Agency | PIU (coordinated by CDB) |
| Co-financiers | IDA, CDB, Government |
| OPEC Fund Contribution (US$m) | 0.50 |
| Total Project Cost (US$m) | 12.26 |
The project aims at developing the vocational, pre-vocational and technical education system, and at strengthening the country's capabilities for meeting trained manpower requirements. It consists of the following components:
- civil works: construction of new classrooms and shops for two junior secondary schools multipurpose training center, one in St. Christopher and the other in Nevis, and construction of a new hotel training unit on the campus of the Technical College in St. Kitts;
- acquisition of furniture and equipment for the above facilities;
- a program of fellowship training in the Caribbean Region for about 10 vocational education instructors, and 2 vocational education supervisors;
- provision of consumable supplies for the above facilities.