Tunis: The integration rate of vocational training graduates into the labour market has reached 80%, Director General of the Tunisian Vocational Training Agency (ATFP) Marouane Ben Slimane said.
A large number of vocational training interns sign employment contracts with economic enterprises even before completing their training and obtaining their diplomas, he told TAP.
This is due to the high level of training, notably practical training, in the various specialities, said Ben Slimane.
Vocational training graduates in Tunisia are in great demand, he added, pointing out that contracts have been signed with Italy, Germany and Switzerland to recruit 4,000 vocational training graduates.
ATFP offers some 36,000 new training posts each year, in addition to posts available for further training, specialisation training or professional retraining, the same source explained.
The ATFP Director General underlined the need to keep abreast of developments and the new demands of the job market, in order to create new
specialities that meet the expectations of economic enterprises, pointing to the entry into operation of two training centres in fibre optics, Android phone programming and the installation and maintenance of renewable energy equipment.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse