Basseterre, Saint Kitts, August 6, 2025 (PMO) —Two younger nationals of St. Kitts and Nevis, Mr. Dillon Simmonds and Mr. Rodison Jeffers, formally departed the Federation this week to start an intensive three-year twin vocational coaching programme in electronics engineering within the Federal Republic of Germany.
Their journey marks the primary cohort underneath a transformative settlement between St. Kitts and Nevis and the Chamber of Crafts in Flensburg, Germany. The initiative, championed by Prime Minister the Honourable Dr. Terrance Drew, is the primary of its form within the Federation and a part of a broader dedication to increase technical training and world profession pathways for Kittitian and Nevisian youth.
Each 20-year-old trainees have signed employment contracts with German firms based mostly in Sylt and Niebüll. Over the following three years, they’ll pursue the distinguished ‘Bachelor Skilled’ certification in electronics for vitality and constructing know-how. The programme follows Germany’s acclaimed twin training mannequin, combining paid, hands-on coaching with tutorial coursework on the Vocational College of the District of Nordfriesland.
Earlier than their departure, Prime Minister Drew spoke personally with the younger males, reminding them of the better objective behind their mission.
“This was a imaginative and prescient I carried with me even earlier than coming into authorities. I visited Germany in 2020 and stated to myself, ‘If I ever turn out to be Prime Minister, I need our folks to be educated right here.’ Right now, that imaginative and prescient turns into actuality,” stated Dr. Drew. “In Germany, whenever you end faculty, you might be proficient. They’ve probably the greatest techniques on the earth—one which produces not simply employees, however masters of their craft.”
The scholars had been chosen by a aggressive course of coordinated by the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant Faculty (CFBC) and the Superior Vocational Training Centre (AVEC). As a part of their preparation, each Simmonds and Jeffers accomplished an intensive year-long German language programme, incomes B1 certification, and took half in rigorous orientation periods with visiting German facilitators.
Earlier than their departure, Prime Minister Drew spoke personally with the younger males, reminding them of the better objective behind their mission.
“This was a imaginative and prescient I carried with me even earlier than coming into authorities. I visited Germany in 2020 and stated to myself, ‘If I ever turn out to be Prime Minister, I need our folks to be educated right here.’ Right now, that imaginative and prescient turns into actuality,” stated Dr. Drew. “In Germany, whenever you end faculty, you might be proficient. They’ve probably the greatest techniques on the earth—one which produces not simply employees, however masters of their craft.”
The scholars had been chosen by a aggressive course of coordinated by the Clarence Fitzroy Bryant Faculty (CFBC) and the Superior Vocational Training Centre (AVEC). As a part of their preparation, each Simmonds and Jeffers accomplished an intensive year-long German language programme, incomes B1 certification, and took half in rigorous orientation periods with visiting German facilitators.
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