Skilled personnel with blue-collar jobs need more recognition and acknowledgement for their contributions to our economy and given the critical role they needed to be valued, according to Senior Technical Officer – Standards & Engineering at Land Transport Authority (LTA), Razik Sharoof Khan. Khan said Fiji is privileged to be able to produce technically skilled…Read More

  The joint International Labour Organization-Fiji National University international workshop on Social Protection and COVID-19: Rethinking new strategies for Pacific communities started on 02 December 2020 at FNU’s Nasinu Campus in Suva, Fiji. The event brought together, both in face to face and virtual sessions, over thirty representatives from the Government, workers’ and employers’ organisations,…Read More

Studying in a technical or vocational field enables one to gain specific skills and knowledge required in a particular field of expertise when entering the workforce, says Fiji National University (FNU) graduate Terence Newton. Newton, 25, graduated in 2016 with a Trade Diploma in Customs from FNU’s College of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies and…Read More

Fiji National University (FNU) graduate Avikash Prasad believes Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (TVET) enhances employment opportunities and creates competitiveness in various sectors of the economy. Prasad, who is a Senior Technician – Auto Electrician at Carpenters Motors in Lautoka, is a graduate from the TVET stream programme Certificate IV in Automotive Engineering, which…Read More

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) connects education directly to the workplace. It provides a platform to achieve several important Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as the alleviation of poverty through the empowerment of people to work, job creation and entrepreneurship; contribute towards national productivity, infrastructure development and economic growth. According to the Fiji…Read More