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CVT Newsletter

ISSUE 43 ၊ January 2019

ContentA Note from CEO 2

Quality Assurance

• RelocationApprenticesforNewIntake 2

• Teachers'TrainingandIt'sStudyTrip 3

Professional & Social Activities

• CVTMindhammaforEducationforYouth(E4Y)5andHotelandGastronomyProfession(HG)

• YoungEntrepreneursforMyanamarActivities6

• CVTMyanamarVocationalTraininginRakhine7

• UncleMax'sMemorialDay 8

• LighthouseClubInternationalgrantsa 9ScholarshipforCVTApprentices

Apprentice / Training Company Voices 8

Strengthening CVT Community

• MOUsignedwithMyanmarBestinLimited9

• LearningandWorkingTogetherasaTeam 3

• CVTMyanmarPTCInaugurationCeremony 4

Highlight CVT Activities in 2018 10-11

2019-2020 School Year Enrollment Information 12

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A note from CEOMingalarbar!OnbehalfofthewholeCVTMyan-marTeam,Iwouldliketotakethisopportunity to wish you all, forthegreat2019withfullofhappi-ness,peaceandsuccess. Asalways,wearedelight-edtopresentthefirstnewsletteroftheyearwithmoreinterestingnewsandpictureswhichnormal-ly include some important mile-stonesbuiltduringtheyear. Wehopeyouwillenjoyreadingthem. CVTas themodel schoolfor dual track vocational educa-tion (in the form of apprentice-ship) is happy to see ourmodelbeing start-replicated by a fewvocational education providersinMyanmar.AsperthesayingofAmericanwriter,Mr. JamesTrus-lowAdams,“therearetwoformsofeducation,oneshouldteachushowtomakealivingandtheoth-erhowtolive”ourconceptgivesopportunitytoenhancepersonalandprofessionaldevelopmentofMyanmar youth which supportlocal development. Since 2002,CVThasbeenofferingcourses inareasofprofessions:CommercialAssistant,CabinetMaker,Electri-cian,MetalWorkerandHotelandGastronomyAssistant, foranan-nualtotalofaround500appren-tices in collaborationwith a fewhundredlocalenterprises.Benefitsofapprenticesinclude:- Earn while they learn (both inclassrooms and in real workingenvironment),-Gaincontacts,-Gaintheoreticalknowledgeandpracticalworkingexperiences,

- Be able to progress to profes-sional levelandachievecertifica-tionaccording to their individualtalents.Benefitsofpartnerenterprisesin-clude: - Grow business through knowl-edgetransferfromclassroomstotheworkplace(theorylearningtopracticalapplication),- Secure skilled employees andmanagers,- Increase efficiency, motivationandproductivity. All what entrepreneursshould do is: invest in trainingand development of the staff inwhich the return on investmentis unlimited. Recruit peoplewithrightattitudes,traintheminCVTbyallowingonedayperweekoftheory and classroom practiceandretaintheminharmonywithmarket conditions. Furthermore,getting involved in educationquality assurance activities suchas regular evaluation and feed-backs on apprentice’s progressand curriculum development for

theindustry. Nowadays, governmentis promoting TVET systems andinvesting in the future of TVETdevelopment. Beacause of scar-citiesofnecessaryresourcesandchallenges everywhere, therewill remain a long way to keepgoing. The driving force behindsuch initiatives should not onlycome from the government butalso from all of industry players,entrepreneurs and associations.So, let’s join our hands togetherto support development of ouryouth and industries which willthenalsosupportournation’sso-cial and economic developmentandtobesustainable. Finally,Iwouldliketoex-pressmy heartfelt thanks to ourexisting partners who have sup-ported youth of Myanmar andour support loyal to CVT Myan-mar overmany years and at thesame time, welcome all of ournewpartnerstojoinonboardCVTMyanmar.

Relocation Apprentices for 2019-2020 New Intake

Apprentice’sapplicationsarenowaccepted for 2019-2020 intake.In this year newly re-designed

Hotel and Gastronomy courseswillbeofferedinthenewschoolbuildingwhichislocatedinMind-hammaGardenCity,MindhammaRoad, Hlaing Township (on theleft).CoursesofElectrician,Cabi-netMakerandMetalWorkerPro-fessionswillbeofferedtoappren-tices in our new school building,locatedonAnnadaPagodaRoad,BawamyintQuarter,ThingangyunTownship(ontheright).

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Teachers’ Training and It’s Study Trip

Ms.PetraSchade,TeachingMeth-odology Expert from Switzerlandvisited CVT Myanmar from 2ndto26thNovember2018andcon-ducted Teachers’ Training at CVTheadoffice.

Ms.Petraalsopaidatten-tion to classroom visits from re-spectiveprofessionsandconduct-edcompetencybasedtrainingforCVTteachers.Allteachersactivelyparticipated in the training. This

intensiveteachers’trainingcoversdifferentsubjects. Afterthetraining,atotalof39teachersandstaffenjoyedatrip toDawei,TanintharyiRegionfrom21stto25thNovember2018.

"Learning and Working" Together as a Team

CVTMyanmar has held a corpo-rate “Management Competen-cies, Leadership and ManagingConflictsworkshop"forallteach-ing and supporting membersduring December 8, 9, 11 and12,2018.Theworkshopcoveredmain topics such as “Guess yourPersonality Profile, Differencebetween Leader and Manager,CommunicationProficiency,Con-flict Management and HandlingStrategies". The workshop was

effectivelyconductedbythewell-experienced trainer Mr. P.S. Roy(Strategic learning Systems, Sin-gapore). CVT/ E4Y teachers andsupporting staff acted in twogroupsthroughoutthetwodays.The trainees participated active-ly and exchanged their experi-ence/ vision on how to developindividually and organizationallyas a team. Participantswere im-pressed of the different learning

activitiesandthevaluecontribu-tion of such a workshop, whichenablestohaveunderstandingonneedsoftheorganization,itsval-ue towards theorganization, im-portanceofindividualexcellence,team excellence and transmits aclear mindset to handle changemanagementintheirworkingen-vironmentkeepingtrackwithcur-rent changes and developmentsat the workplaceandthewholesociety.

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On 10th November 2018, Minis-try of Labour, Immigration andPopulation,UnionMinister,SwissAgencyforDevelopmentandCo-operation(SDC)andCVTManage-ment Team successfully openedthenewPracticalTrainingCenter(PTC)inBawamyintQuarter,Thin-gangyunTownship.

The opening speechwasdelivered by His Excellency (H.E)U Thein Swe, Union Minister,Ministry of Labour, Immigrationand Population, followed by Mr.Juerg Benz (chargé d'affaire ofthe Swiss Embassy in Myanmar)and the exchange of apprecia-

HisExcellencyUnionMinister,(MOLIP)UTheinSwe,makeaclass(Electrician)visit

HisExcellencyUnionMinister,(MOLIP)UTheinSwe,makeaclass(CabinetMaker)visit

HisExcellencyUnionMinister,(MOLIP)UTheinSwe,gavememorablepresenttoCVTMyanmar

CVTMyanmarsgavememorablepresenttoMr.JuergBenz(SwissEmbassyinMyanmar)

CVT Myanmar PTC Inauguration Ceremony Group Photo

CVT Myanmar Practical Training Center Inauguration Ceremonytionlettersandmemorablepres-ents.AfterclosingremarksbyMr.HeiniPortmann(PresidentofCVTBoardSwitzerland),groupphotosweretaken.Atlast,visitorstouredaroundthePracticalTrainingCen-ter and enjoyed lunch served byCVT.

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CVT Myanmar Mindhamma for Education for Youth (E4Y) and Hotel and Gastronomy Profession (HG)

TherewasamilestoneinNovem-ber that we could open Mind-hamma School Building for E4Yand HG (Hotel and GastronomyAssistant Profession) on 9th No-vember, His Excellency Dr. MyoThein Gyi and officials attendedthe auspicious event of us. Be-causeofthisgratitude,E4YcouldexpendclassesstartingfromMay2018 and here comes our NewIntakefor2019-2020withthebe-

lowinformation; E4Y is welcoming out-of-schoolchildrenwiththefollowingcriteria;-Agebetween13to14Yearsold-EarlyschoolleaversorwhohavedoneNFPELevel2-CommittedtocompletelearningwithE4Y-Parentsandchildrenareawareofvocationaleducationandvalueit.

The childrenwho are in-terestedtojoinusareencouragedtocontactusviaFacebookPage:Vocational Orientation Program-E4YorPhoneNo;09-44310-4683,09-7310-4683.

School Address: MindhammaGarden City, Mindhamma Road,HlaingTownship (CornerofPara-miandMindhammaRoad)

NewSchoolBuildingOpeningCeremony E4Ystudents'performance

E4Ystudents'performance HisExcellencyDr.MyoTheinGyi,MinistryofEducationtouraroundtheschool

HisExcellencyDr.MyoTheinGyi,MinistryofEducationmakeaclass(E4Y)visit

HisExcellencyDr.MyoTheinGyi,MinistryofEducationmakeaclass(HG)visit

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Young Entrepreneurs for Myanmar Program Activities

Young Entrepreneurs for Myan-mar YE4M is a business trainingcourse for aspiring and existingyoung entrepreneurs in Myan-mar. It is offered by Center forVocational Training (CVT) in col-laboration with Swiss AcademyforDevelopment(SAD).Wehavebeen delivering trainings from2014 to 2018. There are a totalof 395 graduates. The programaimed at providing knowledgeandskillstoyoungentrepreneursand help them tomanage small

andmediumenterprisesmoreef-fectively. On16November2018YE4MGraduationCeremonywasheldsuccessfullyatNovotelHotelandtheprogramproducedatotalof33graduates,whoare16frombatch 15 and 17 from batch 16.Thenextbatchstartedon26Jan-uary 2019. For further informa-tionpleasecontactusasbelow:Email: kyawthiha@ye4m.com; naylin@ye4m.comContact phone: 09440 879 579,09799718600,09449100098

In addition, a training for “TheFirst Time Manager” opened atVantage Luxury Yacht Hotel on15 and 16 December 2018. Thistrainingtargetstotransformhighpotential employees into highperformingmanagers,equipnewmanagers with the tools theyneedtosucceedandbuildafoun-dation for future organizationalgrowth.

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Vocational Trainings in Rakhine StateImplemented by MRCS and CVT Myanmar

MyanmarRedCrossSociety(MRCS)andCenterforVocationalTraininginMyanmar(CVT)couldratifyMOUon11thDec2018toprovidefourvocationaltrainingsintwotownshipsofRakhineState.ThefirsttwotrainingstookplaceinDecemberandwillbefollowedbyothertwotrainings:oneforCabinetMakerandoneforMetalWorker.

1.Basic Electrical Wiring Installa-tion training (Sittwe): BasicElectricalWiringIn-stallation training started on 17th Dec2018atSittweTownshipwithselected 25 trainees who werewilling to learn more vocationalElectricaltraining.Thecandidateswere from Maung Daw and Bu-

teeTaungtownships.MRCSteamarranged accommodation andmeals allowances for the candi-dates,aswellasforCVTCertifiedInstructor.Theclassendedonthe9thofJanuary2019.Attheendofthe training, the traineeswill beable:

- To have basic electrical safetyawareness;- To be aware of electrical toolsknowledge;- To acquire wiring installationtechniqueskills;- To give electrical work instruc-tion.

2. Cooking & Services training (Minbya): Basic Food Cooking andServices training began on 12th December2018inMinbyaTown-ship, Rakhine state. MRCS teamcould select 25 candidates wholivenearvillagesofMinbyaTown-shipandtheyallwantedtoattendthetrainingbecausetheyarere-ally interested inkitchentrainingandplantoopentheirownsmallrestaurantsintheirtownships.

TwoCVTcertifiedinstruc-torshavetaughttheoryandprac-tical training to 25 women from12thDec2018to31stDec2018aspertofollowingobjectives.

-Tohavefoodsafetyawareness-Tohaveknowledgeoftoolsandmachine-Tohavepersonalhygieneaware-ness- To follow safety practice andhygienic handling of tools andequipment

CVT Certified InstructorprogramwouldliketosayspecialthankstoMRCSteam,CVTCI-ELinstructors (U Htin Kyaw Lin andU Win Pyae Phyoe), Cooking &Services instructors (U Thet TunNaingandUAungWaiPhyo,FirstRunnerUpofMasterChefMyan-mar)andstaffofSittweandMin-bya Townships. Eventually, wecouldsuccessfully implementvo-cationaltrainingsofBasicElectri-calWiringandBasicFoodCooking&Servicestraining.

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Uncle Max’s Memorial Day

Training Company Voice from ZEEYAR International Industry Group Co., Ltd

I attended Cabinet Maker Pro-fession, CM 7 of CVT Myanmar.I found it easy to learn becauseof well - designed syllabus andteachingaids.LearningatCVTen-ablesmetoimprovemyworkingefficiency. I could also overcomeworkplacedifficultiesbecauseofthe skills. I learned andworkingexperiences. I attended at CVTMyanmar for three years, I amvery pleased about the practical

work with my friends and goingon plant trip and industrial vis-its by group. I would like to saythanks to management personsfromCVTMyanmar,teachersandstaff.

NyiNyiZawFactoryManager

GazelleFurniture&InteriorsZEEYARInternationalIndustry

GroupCompanyLimited

Cabinet Maker (CM) Alumina’s Voice from ZEEYAR International Industry Group Co., Ltd

IhavegoodcommunicationwithCVTMyanmar andourCompanyemploysmanygraduatesfromvo-cationalTrainingCenters.Yearly,Isendmy staff frommyCompanytoCabinetMakerProfessionfromCVT. I could see, theapprenticeswho attended and completedcourses from CVT Myanmar aretrained well and more skilled in

their working place. We needmore vocational training schoolslikeCVTMyanmarinourcountry.IwishCVTeverysuccessinfuture.

UZayarHtunManagingDirector

GazelleFurniture&InteriorsZEEYARInternationalIndustry

GroupCompanyLimited

UncleMax-OWeyisthefounderof Center for Vocational Training(CVTMyanmar). In2002,despitevariousdifficulties,heintroducedthe Swissmodel of dual appren-ticeship vocational training toMyanmar. It became his visionthat vocational qualifications of-

fered at CVTwill be adopted ona national level. Unexpectedly,Uncle Max passed away on 28th November 2008 in Sarnen, Swit-zerland. Even thoughUncleMaxalready passed away 10 years

ago, his words, good deeds andhard work are still inspiring us.We offered monks alms, robesandothernecessitiesatthemon-astery,forhisgooddeedsonthismemorialdaythisyear.

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Lighthouse Club International grants a Scholarship for CVT Apprentices

MOU signed with Myanmar Bestin Co., Ltd

On 9 November 2018, theMan-agingDirectorofMyanmarBestinCo.,LtdandthePresidentofCVTBoardinSwitzerlandsignedacol-laborationagreementattheCha-triumHoteltoexpandvocationaleducation activities. In this cer-emonyUAungHtun,ChairmanofAdvisoryBoardof CVTMyanmardelivered opening speech fol-

lowed by the greeting speechesofMr.HeiniPortmann,Presidentof CVT Board in Switzerland andUHtetNyi,ManagingDirectorofMyanmar BestinCo., Ltd.DinnerwasservedtotheaudiencesandthenMOUsigningceremonywassuccessfullyended.CVTMyanmarwould liketoexpressoursinceregratitude to U Htet Nyi for his

generouscontributiontowardvo-cational education developmenthandsinhandstogetherwithCVTMyanmar.Wedeeplyhonoryourvaluablemilestonesettinganex-ample of a meaningful partner-ship between Private Sector andInstitutionintheareaofvocation-aleducation,oneofthemostim-portantmissionsforourcountry.

The ceremony was held at TheBrunchSocietyNo.143/149,SulePagoda Road, Sule Plaza on 19December 2018. ManagementTeams from both CVT MyanmarandLighthouseClubInternationaland invitees attended the cer-emony.

The Lighthouse Club In-ternationalScholarshipwillcovertrainingcostof4apprentices forone year to participate in a dualtrack apprenticeshipprogramof-fered by CVTMyanmar. CVTwillconduct a fair selection processto choose the right candidates,whichwillthenbegrantedaccess

toourvocationaltrainingcenter. Wewould liketoexpressour sincere thanks for your trustin CVTMyanmar and supportingour apprentices. Your financialcontributionwillimprovethelive-lihood of our young people andsupport development of skilledlabourinMyanmar.

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Highlight CVT Activities in 2018

LocalAdvisoryBoardOfficiallyLaunchingMOUwithAZURAHotelGroupforHotelandGastronomyApprentices

CVT is aModel Vocational school,providingdualformof"apprentice-ship vocational education system"inMyanmar, slowly but surely de-velopingfromthelast16years.Theschool isveryproudtode-central-

ize its knowledge, technical know-how and its good spirits amongthe local development partners.The School is actively involved inthe education, employment, skillsand development activities on a

nationallevelandhashadgreatop-portunities in partnering over thelast year with some important in-dustryplayersfrombothPublicandPrivateSectors.

MOUwithMyanShwePyiTractorsLtdforMetalWorkerApprentices

VocationalTrainings(shortcourses)forNgetAwwSaBoy'sGraduation2018

MOUwithMaybankFoundationforElectricianApprentices

ApprenticesofMyanmarJardineSchindlerLimitedGraduation2018

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CVTMyanmarGraduation2018 EducationforYouth(E4Y)Graduation2018

YE4MHomageCeremonyandAlumniGathering

CVTApaprenticeswonMyanmarSkillsCompetition2018ElectricianNSSALevel1PracticalTest

atMOLIPSkillsTrainingCenter

MaybankTLCandCVTMyanmarVocationalTrainingGraduation2018

Highlight CVT Activities in 2018

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