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local Thursday 4 augusT 2022
After 34 years of existence
Education for Employment will soon become an

official department of the Government

ORANJESTAD – Recently the cial price. Minister of Labor, ment tasked with putting
Government of Aruba ap- Glenbert Croes will carry on people back to work.
pointed a ‘quartermaster’ this starting point, but with
for Education for Employ- a new twist. According to the minister,
ment (EPE), Mrs. Sabine de Aruba needs each and ev-
Groot. The Covid pandemic eryone. For this reason, an
changed the world stage upgrade of the courses at
EPE started as a project eliminating a lot of jobs. EPE and a national registra-
back in 1988 with the clos- Besides, worldwide many tion at DPL for job seekers is
ing of the Lago refinery. existing jobs are seeing necessary.
Many people were left un- change, and for this, re-
employed, and for this rea- training is vital. At the same “The effects of the pan-
son a retraining program time, worldwide the need demic affected everyone
was started so that the lo- for workers is enormous. in a way that could not
cal population could find And this is where EPE and have been predicted. But
a new job, different from the Department of Labor now it’s time to reflect and
what they were used to. Progress, DPL, are instru- take the reins of our lives
mental. back into our own hands.
Today, many decades There is a great opportunity
later, EPE is tasked with the EPE will see an upgrade for work out there. It’s time
same purpose. and update of its available that together we get to
courses to meet the de- work to better our personal
In past decades, EPE re- mand of our labor market. and professional progress.”
mained instrumental in the Soon the department will
training and retraining of announce a national reg- The quartermaster togeth-
the local population, offer- istration for job seekers to er with the Department of EPE, which has demon- official formalization in the
ing quality courses at a so- register at DPL, the depart- Human Resources will give strated its right to exist, an Government apparatus.
Minister of Education and Sport received a presentation

regarding Leadership Movement

ORANJESTAD – Recently, minister ATIA’s leadership project, ‘Lidera’. conference has the title ‘Purpose During the conference there will
of Education and Sport, Endy Croes as Power’. What can be expected be a special event for student ath-
held a meeting with Mr. Herrick During the meeting they also dis- is a conference with music, impact letes, presented by Mr. Shelton.
Henriquez, director of Aruba Trade cussed various topics of interest. content, and a lot of motivation. During this event he will connect
& Industry Association (ATIA). Dur- The speakers at this conference with the youth of Aruba as an ath-
ing this meeting, the minister re- ATIA has declared 2022 as a year are two people recognized around lete, and will provide them with
ceived a thorough presentation of of purpose. This year, ATIA’s annual the world, namely, Mrs. Melis Seno- words of inspiration and motiva-
va who will elaborate on how to tion.
design your business with your em-
ployees as the main element. Mr. Minister Endy Croes said that this is
Trent Shelton, an ex-NFL player who a beautiful initiative by ATIA, one
today is one of the best speakers that counts with the support of the
in the world, as well as author of ministry of Education and Sport.
the books ‘The Greatest You’ and
‘Straight Up’, will focus on how your To finalize, the minister wished ATIA
purpose is also your power. a lot of success with the project.