CEO urges youth to learn a skill

In a time when technology forms a major part of development, at least one entrepreneur is advising youth that having some sort of skill is important for their development.

The view was expressed by the CEO of Pumps and Tanks Enterprise, Frank Sterling, while speaking with students at a recent literacy symposium at the Dinthill Technical High School in St Catherine recently.

"I have worked and trained many persons islandwide. I too have attended this institution and did electrical installation, but decided that anything engineering, I must do, and this is the end result," Sterling said.

During the symposium, a number of students from various schools were given hands-on experience by Sterling on how to dismantle and install a water pump. Earle Green, chairman of Bright Beginnings, an early childhood institution in Spanish Town, endorsed the approach to learning.

"The students are really pleased to be here. We need more of this type of exposure, it helps with knowledge," Green said.

Sterling told THE STAR that the females especially are showing interest in plumbing and the general work with pumps and other such trade. It was the consensus that similar type events should be replicated islandwide.