SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
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SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CHAPTER 5: REVIEW OF SOCIAL PROGRAMMES
AND INITIATIVES FOR 2013
INITIATIVE
MEDIUM
TERM
PRIORITY
(Where
Applicable)
BENEFICIARY
CATEGORY
PROJECT
OUTPUT
ACHIEVEMENTS
OUTCOME
MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMME
The Adult Education Programme
provides educational opportunities for
adults and out-of-school young persons
who have not graduated to further /
higher education.
The Programme offers remedial
education, introductory occupational
courses, literacy programmes,
family life education and leisure time
programmes.
It also allows participants to
develop skills that can increase their
employability, entrepreneurship and
enables them to make meaningful
contributions to the development of
society.
N/A
Nationals
aged 15 years
and over
Certification
of adults in
CXC, NEC
or Primary
School
Leaving.
During the period October 2012 to
June 2013 a total of
4,989 persons
were registered for the programme –
1,011 males and 3,978 females.
The promotion of
lifelong learning
among citizens
of Trinidad and
Tobago.
COMMUNITY ACTION FOR REVIVAL
AND EMPOWERMENT (CARE)
The programme aims to address
the basic needs and development
aspirations of communities through
critical community intervention
projects.
Poverty
Reduction
and Human
Capital
Development
Communities To fund
community
based projects
which will
empower
and improve
the lives of
persons in
communities
For the period October 2012 to March
2013
a total of 349 community-
based projects
were funded under the
programme.
An efficient and
effective social
system for the poor
and vulnerable
COMMUNITY AWARENESS AND
SENSITISATION PROGRAMME
This programme initiative outreaches
to communities to provide platforms
for the dissemination of information
on social, economic and other issues
that impact upon the day to day lives of
members of local communities.
N/A
Communities To organise
and
implement
sensitisation
programmes
via lectures,
discussions
and
workshops
During the period October 2012 to
March 2013, the Programme was
conducted in
80 communities
throughout the country.
Members of
communities will
be knowledgeable
on the topics of
relevance.
Interconnected Pillar 1: People Centred Development
