Construction to begin on education centre in Laventille

PRIME MINSTER Patrick Manning is expected to deliver the feature address at a ceremony being held by the Trinidad and Tobago Insti-tute of Technology (TTIT) to mark the beginning of construction of the Laventille Technology and Continuing Education Centre. The ceremony is expected to take place today at the centre’s compound at Eastern Main Road, Laventille. The TTIT, a division of the National Energy Skills Centre, was established as a training institute of higher education and offers applied degrees, diplomas and certificate programmes in the various disciplines of technology, engineering and sciences. TTIT functions as a corporate university and utilises industry-relevant curricula, industry-experienced faculty and programme scheduling responsive to the needs of the industry and its employees.

Other speakers expected to address the ceremony today are MP for Laventille West/ Morvant, Eulalie James; MP for Laventille East/Morvant, Fitzgerald Hinds; MP for Port-of-Spain South, Eric Williams; CEO of the NESC Dave Bhajan and Chairman of the NESC Professor Ken S Julien. The NESC, which was established in July 1997 as a partnership between the industry and the government, is managed by a Board of Governors which includes Professor Julien, Atlantic LNG, National Gas Company of TT Ltd, Petrotrin, TT Methanol Co Ltd, PCS Nitrogen Ltd, Caribbean Ispat Ltd, Cliffs and Associates Ltd, Bechtel International, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries, Ansa McAL Ltd, SM Jaleel Ltd and Atlas Methanol Company Ltd.