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Minister Radegonde meets second batch of former Shannon College graduates |19 November 2021

Minister Radegonde meets second batch of former Shannon College graduates

Minister Radegonde meeting with the group of former Shannon College graduates (Photo: Jude Morel)

• 50% of the students are in tourism sector

 

As part of his familiarisation with the industry and all its stakeholders, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism, Sylvestre Radegonde, yesterday met with the second batch of former students who have completed their Bachelor’s Degree in hospitality management at the Shannon College, a partner of the National University of Ireland.

The meeting was held at the Ministry of Tourism headquarters at Botanical House and was chaired by Minister Radegonde himself accompanied by the principal secretary for Tourism Sherin Francis.

Addressing the graduates, Minister Radegonde noted that “the government has been sponsoring this programme for the last 12 years and we have had eight cohorts and that cost a lot. But what are we seeing is that many of the graduates are not in the tourism sector and have changed career path since. The aim of the programme was to fill the gap in the tourism industry where a group of Seychellois would take up jobs in middle management. Today our aim is to see what challenges you face and what are blocking your career path”.

PS Francis noted that at the end of the meeting, there was a proposal to reconstitute the Mentor’s Committee in order to help the graduates have a progression in their careers and also help them build confidence in their job.

A last meeting is supposed to take place with another group of students.

 

Vidya Gappy

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