Graduates ready for employment

ANOTHER 72 south Durban residents are geared up to find employment after graduating from the free Engen Computer School, which boosted their chances of securing a job.

Thrilled to have been capped and handed their certificates at a glittering graduation ceremony recently, excited students said they were grateful for the opportunity to further their studies, free of charge.
Well-known in the local community and frequently boasting a waiting list, Engen Computer School applicants must be unemployed school-leavers who reside in South Durban who are eager to upskill themselves.

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The school offers south Durban residents free introductory-level computer skills training, which covers 8-unit standards of the National Certificate: Information Technology: End User Computing.
Course convener and training director, Sheryl Casalis said she was pleased to see how many graduates had found jobs over the years or been accepted onto learnerships as a direct result of their training at the school.

“Many arrive feeling hopeless and not believing that they have the ability to learn how to use a computer,” she added.
The latest batch of graduates, who are all enthusiastic to put their newly acquired computer skills into practice, were congratulated by Engen’s head of transformation and stakeholder engagement, Dr James Nyawera.

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“Our 72 latest graduates all deserve a big round of applause for their effort. At Engen, we believe that continuous community upskilling will ensure resilience and readiness in today’s everchanging and demanding new digital world,” Nyawera added.

While matric and age criteria are not prescribed, most students who attend the school are aged from 20 to 40 years old.
To date, the school has had 2 753 graduates from south Durban.

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