By Sylvia Akpan
The Calabar Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church will for the next three months, starting today, train the public on eight different skills for free, says its education board.
The skills to be acquired according to the Executive Secretary of the Catholic schools board, Rev. Fr. Dominic Umo include; auto mechanics, electrical electronics and solar panel installation, sheet metal and iron works, computer/information technology, acoustics, woodwork as well as welding and fabrication.
The training, which began today, according to the Church, is in partnership with HIFA – Austria and will hold at the HIFA – SPC skill acquisition center at St. Patrick’s College, Ikot Ansa, Calabar.
The classes are billed to hold Monday through Fridays and will last from 8:00AM to 2:00PM daily at no cost to the public. However, trainees are expected to be committed for the three-month duration of training, upon which they will receive a certificate of competence.
Consequently, the Church requested it’s Parish Priests and other clergymen to inform their congregations of the opportunity to learn a trade.