Vocação , a Civil Society Organization (OSC), and LIT, an Edtech for courses at Saint Paul Business School , announce a partnership in favor of qualifying low-income youth: together, the institutions will make several LIT courses available free of charge for adolescents and young people in vulnerable and/or at-risk situations.
Starting in May, these teenagers and young people will be able to access the same courses as LIT students in several areas, such as Fundamental Accounting, Excellence in Customer Service and Presentation Techniques, all with the best content curation and excellence from the professors at Saint Paul Escola de Negócios.
The goal of the partnership is to offer training to make colombia whatsapp data these people's resumes more competitive, generating better employability conditions. In this launch phase of Vocação LIT, there are 1,000 vacancies open, 500 for young people who are already in Vocação programs and 500 vacancies open for other young people.
According to José Cláudio Securato, CEO of Saint Paul Business School and creator of LIT, the partnership represents another important step for the institution that seeks to democratize quality education through updated content in customized formats according to the needs of each student: "The partnership between Saint Paul and Vocação is long-term and has resulted in many achievements. It began with sponsorships, donations of work hours, scholarship programs and book publishing. Now, with LIT, we will exponentially increase the power of this union by offering high-quality content, 100% online, to young people at a crucial moment - entering the job market," he explains.
Focus on the integral development of young people
Entering the formal job market that offers opportunities to pursue a professional career within the chosen field of activity is, without a doubt, one of the most effective ways of transforming the lives of low-income adolescents and young people.
“More than offering a professional opportunity to these young people, we need to think about their integral development, which takes into account their Life Projects, permanence in the World of Work, skills and professional qualifications”, comments Josmael Castanho, Vocação’s Operations Director.
LIT courses are part of the Vocation Productive Inclusion Ecosystem to be launched in the first half of this year. In addition to the courses offered by the LIT platform, there are other platforms based on Artificial Intelligence that will also be aimed at adolescents and young people in vulnerable and/or at-risk situations with the aim of professional qualification and insertion into the World of Work.