Another Youth Development Programme to Come on Stream, Gonsalves Says

A photograph of the Minister of Finance, Camillo Gonsalves, obtained from the Agency for Public Information (API).

By S.Browne. Updated 3:11 p.m., Monday, October 20, 2025, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Minister of Finance Camillo Gonsalves says that apart from the four existing programmes targeting youth, the Government will go one step further to implement the Guarantee of Apprenticeship, Training, Employment or Scholarship (GATES) programme.

“If you are a young person, and you graduate from college, from university, or from secondary school, we will make sure that you have an opportunity to either be an apprentice, to get training, to get a job, to get entrepreneurial support, or to get a scholarship to go to the next level, because this Government will give you the opportunity to go forward,” Minister Gonsalves said.

Currently, the Government has several programmes geared towards providing opportunities for young people. These include the Youth Empowerment Service (YES), the Support for Education and Training (SET) programme, the Offering National Support for Internship Training and Employment (On-Site) programme, and Promoting Youth Micro-Enterprises (PRYME).

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This information was sourced from a press release obtained from the Agency for Public Information.