Abafundi abangu-14,000 abaphule irekhodi babhalisele ukubamba iqhaza ohlelweni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, abafundi abayi-1,100 abamangalisayo bathole ukuqashwa nabaqashi abayi-136 ezweni lonke.
“Uhlelo lwe-internship lwasehlobo oluthi Isikhwama Sokuthuthukisa Ezokuvakasha ebesilokhu siphethe sesifinyelele ezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu ngo-2023. Kuhambisana nokusebenza kwemboni yethu, futhi kuyiqiniso ukuthi lo nyaka kufanele kube izinga eliphezulu lokubhalisa nokuzibandakanya uhlelo olube nalo,” kusho. Ezokuvakasha zaseJamaica UNgqongqoshe uMhlonishwa u-Edmund Bartlett.
UNgqongqoshe wethule la mazwi ngesikhathi enesithangami nabezindaba mayelana nohlelo lwe-TEF Summer Internship obelubanjwe eMnyangweni Wezempilo Omkhulu. Edward Seaga suite, etholakala eDevon House eKingston.
Enye yezinto ezithuthukile kulo nyaka ukusebenzisana phakathi kwe-SIP nohlelo lweHospitality & Tourism Management (HTM). Uhlelo lwe-HTM, ngokubambisana ne-American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute, luhlinzeka ngesitifiketi esiholwa yimboni kubafundi bezikole zamabanga aphakeme abathanda i-hospitality kanye ne-internship yezokuvakasha. Bangaphezu kuka-300 abafundi bezikole zamabanga aphezulu esiqhingini sonke ababambe iqhaza kulolu hlelo, kanti abafundi abayi-150 abaphothula i-internship eyisibopho edingekayo ukuze baphumelele izifundo.
"Uhlelo lwe-HTM lungolunye uhlobo olusha ngasohlangothini lweJamaica kanye nezokuvakasha zethu."
Ungqongqoshe wezokuvakasha wengeze wathi: “Jamaica ligqama njengezwe esifundeni elihlinzeka ngohlelo lwesikole samabanga aphezulu olunikeza idigri ehlobene nokuphathwa kwamahhotela kanye nenkonzo yamakhasimende. Le mpumelelo idonse ukunaka kwabakwa UNWTO, futhi basibheka njengesibonelo sohlelo lwabo lwalolu hlobo.”
Ukuze kusekelwe ukuqeqeshwa kwalaba bafundi, amahhotela ayisithupha aqhubekele phambili ukuze anikeze kokubili imisebenzi yasehlobo nama-internship emikhakheni yawo. Uhlu lwabaqashi be-SIP lunyukile, okuhlanganisa nezikhungo ezihlonishwayo njengezindawo zamahhotela amaSandals ayisikhombisa, i-AC Marriott, i-Golf View Hotel, i-Altamont Court Hotel, i-Marriott Courtyard, ne-Grand Excelsior Hotel. Lokhu kubambisana kwenza abafundi bathole ulwazi olubalulekile ngenkathi besebenzela ukufeza izinhloso zabo zomsebenzi.
Ngokubona ukubaluleka kwe-SIP, uMnyango Wezezimali kanye Nomsebenzi Womphakathi uye wenyusa kakhulu iholo labo abaqeqeshwayo ehlobo. Isakhiwo esibuyekeziwe se-stipend sihlanganisa kufika ku-$14,500/ngesonto kubafundi beFomu lesi-5, kufika ku-$16,500/ngesonto kubafundi beFomu lesi-6, kufika ku-$18,000/ngesonto kubafundi basekolishi bonyaka woku-1 nowesi-2, kuze kufike ku-$20,500/ngesonto kubafundi bonyaka wesithathu bekhuphuka. ezingeni lenkosi. Lokhu kuxhaswa kwezimali okwandisiwe kuhlose ukudambisa umthwalo emindenini yabafundi futhi ibakhuthaze ukuthi baphishekele ukuthuthuka kochwepheshe.
Njengengxenye ye-SIP, abafundi bangakwazi futhi ukuqedela Isevisi Yekhasimende Isitifiketi Sochwepheshe Segolide, esihlinzekwa ngokubambisana ne-American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute. Kulo nyaka, abafundi abangu-257 baphothule ngempumelelo lolu hlelo futhi bathola izitifiketi zabo, abaqashi bevuma umthelela omuhle ukuqeqeshwa okunawo ekusebenzeni kwabafundi kanye nethuba lomsebenzi.
“Izitifiketi zibanikeza ukufaneleka, okungafanele kwenqatshwe emsebenzini,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett. “Lesi sitifiketi sivumela ukuhlukaniswa, ukuxhuma iziqu namazinga omholo. Sihlose ukushintsha imakethe yezemisebenzi ngokuklomelisa ukufaneleka nokuqinisekisa ukulingana. Abantu abafanelekayo, ikakhulukazi labo abanezitifiketi zegolide emsebenzini wokusiza amakhasimende, bafanelwe ukuqashelwa nokukhokhelwa.”
Selokhu lwaqalwa ngo-2007, i-TEF Summer Internship Programme igxile ekuhlinzekeni intsha yase-Jamaica ngolwazi lomsebenzi kuyilapho igxilisa ukuzilungisa nokuziphatha okuhle emsebenzini. Isabelomali salo nyaka se-SIP sika-$70 wezigidi siphindwe kabili kunemali eyabiwe eminyakeni eyishumi yokuqala yohlelo, okubonisa ukubaluleka kwaso okwandayo nokuzibophezela kwe-Jamaica Centre for Tourism Innovation (JCTI).
Umjikelezo wamanje we-SIP ka-2023 usubonile ukubamba iqhaza kwabafundi abaqeqeshwayo abangama-617 kusukela ngoJuni kuya maphakathi noJulayi. Babalelwa ku-500 abafundi abayingxenye yeqembu lesibili lalolu hlelo, elizophothulwa ngo-Agasti 25.
