Helping Our Young People: Our Country’s Future

  • Established PRYME as a powerful engine to support youth entrepreneurs 
  • Launched the YES, SET, and ON-SITE programmes to offer valuable internship experience to thousands of youth 
  • Provided more national, exhibition, bursary and tuition scholarships than ever before, with over 2,000 youths benefitting each year 
  • Created the Youth Advisory Council to involve young people in policymaking and decision making 
  • Launched the Prime Minister’s Youth Awards to recognize and celebrate youth excellence 
  • Launched the GYVE programme to facilitate youth volunteerism and community activism 
  • Began construction of Cultural and Educational Hubs that will offer space, tools and training for young creatives 
  • Launched semi-professional football and netball leagues to support young sportspersons 
  • Invested more in the development of sporting facilities than any government in the history of SVGH Initiated the Skills for Youth Employment (SKYE), Youth & Adult Training for Employment (YATE), and the Skills Training for Employment & Professional Success (STEPS) to accelerate Technical and Vocational Education 
  • Accelerated our embrace of technology and the digital economy with free laptops and tablets for students, investments in Internet connectivity and Digital Transformation