SkYE Talk: Issues Unpacked SkYE Programme Impact Issue 06 The Skills for Youth Employment (SkYE) Programme in the Caribbean aimed to develop a more productive, better trained and inclusive workforce across four countries in the Eastern Caribbean - St Vincent & the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Dominica and Grenada – through developing relevant skills among young men and women, including disadvantaged youth and young people with disabilities. It accomplished this through the award of grants to training providers to deliver training leading to recognised certificates, in skills required for work in priority economic sectors. SkYE grants also funded targetted inclusion strategies e.g. transport costs, adapted equipment, specialist assistant instructors. Training providers formed partnerships with employers to offer work placements and internships, and delivered qualifications awarded by recognised certification bodies. The diagram on the next page summarises the results of the SkYE Programme and the impact achieved in the lives of young people in the four Caribbean nations that delivered the programme.
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The Skills for Youth Employment (SkYE) Programme in the Caribbean is a 5-year programme funded by UK aid (2018 to 2023) which aims to develop a more productive, better trained and inclusive workforce across four countries- St Vincent & the Grenadines, St Lucia, Dominica and Grenada. The objective of the programme is to develop relevant market skills among young people (aged 15-30) in the Eastern Caribbean to promote greater youth employment, greater productivity and greater inclusiveness in the labour market, including better training and employment access for disadvantaged youth and people with disabilities. The programme aims to improve the quality, reach and sustainability of technical and vocational education and training in the four focus countries.
54% of all certificated graduates employed
*priority groups of young people
SkYE Training Fund
* inclusion strategies
* specific skills & priority economic sectors
Certification rate: 83% of trainees achieved a recognised certificate
* certification costs
£ 4 Million The Fund invested in: By awarding grants to
Training providers More inclusive access to training 6624 young people enrolled
71% enrolled, disadvantaged
Internships with employers
Training programme
25% enrolled, with disability
Certification / Awarding Body
Average unit cost £609 per certified graduate
More inclusive, better quality training Certification rate: 83% of trainees awarded a recognised certificate
More than 5770 certified graduates
54% of certificated graduates are employed
20% certified, with disability
71% certified, disadvantaged
20 % of certificated graduates are in further education or training
More equitable employment
More productive workforce
Better incomes
55% of female graduates are employed
45% with CVQ/NVQ employed
On average, incomes 107% higher after training
55% of graduates with disabilities are employed 52% of disadvantaged graduates are employed
54% with national certificate employed 62% with international certificate employed 68% of employed graduates are employed on a permanent basis
6-fold increase in weekly income for poorest trainees