ETC holds gender training courses

The Employment and Training Corporation is holding a series of gender training courses for guidance teachers and counsellors of public, private and independent schools.

Well over 400 teachers are attending the courses which are meant to sharpen the gender sensitivity of the service providers when counselling students and apprentices on vocational issues.

For this occasion the ETC has published a Manual For Gender Sensitive Vocational Guidance, authored by Anna Borg, senior executive (gender issues), at the ETC, who is also organising the gender training courses.

"The manual gives an overview of the impact gender can have on our development and how gender tends to shape our expectations of ourselves and of others throughout our life in the family, at school and at work. The publication provides facts about the local labour market that may serve to provoke thought, as well as guidelines of practical use, Ivan Said, the corporation's senior communications executive said.

John P. Camilleri, CEO , said the ETC hopes the manual will be a useful tool which can be consulted and used time and again by those who believe in the potential of persons without gender imposition and limitations.

A PDF copy of the manual can be downloaded from the publications section of ETC's web site www.etc.org.mt free of charge.