At least 423 students have attained certificates from Napak vocational skills hub, a presidential initiative that aims at skilling the youths so as to improve their income.

The team underwent a six months course training that included hair dressing, carpentry, to tailoring, shoe making, building and bakery after their admission last October.

The semester ended on April 17, 2024 with a colourful pass-out ceremony held at the Karamoja regional hub located in Napak district, some 45 kilometres from Moroto, along Soroti road.

Presiding over the ceremony, the newly appointed minister for Karamoja affairs Peter Lokeris challenged the youths to work hard in the sub region.

He further told them that the talent they have now achieved is already a job for life.

Meanwhile, the state house controller Jane Barikye told the graduates that the certificates attained have been legalized by the directorate of industrial training-DIT.

She says the initiative will reduce the growing numbers of unemployment between the educated and non-educated in the country.

Barikye appealed to the district local governments to ask development partner/contractors s to absorb the youths.

On the other hand, John Paul Kodet the district chairperson Napak says the visible work done by the youths shows learning has been ongoing in the hub.

He asked the youths not to render the skills acquired useless but make use of them to improve their lives and their families.