18/08/2026
English speakers
🚨🇧🇯 VOCATIONAL TRAINING: Awaou BACO mobilizes CFPAs for the 2026-2027 school year*
With the apprenticeship intake set for September 28, 2026*, the Minister of SMEs and Employment Promotion, in charge of Vocational Training, *Awaou BACO*, met on August 4* with heads of Vocational Training and Apprenticeship Centers (CFPA).
The meeting identified the main challenges facing the centers: lack of infrastructure, equipment, and trainers.
But it also mapped out concrete solutions.
*The roadmap includes:*
- *Audit* of staff and technical workshops
- *Upskilling* trainers
- *Awareness campaign* to get more young people into skilled trades
Goal: get CFPAs ready and make vocational training more attractive ahead of the new school year.
*Alt version - short + punchy for socials:*
*🇧🇯 GETTING CFPAs READY FOR 2026-2027*
Minister Awaou BACO just brought all Vocational Training Centers together.
Why? The September 28 intake is coming.
Big issues: not enough buildings, equipment, and teachers.
The plan: audit everything, train the trainers, and run a campaign to push more youth into technical careers.