{"id":206010,"date":"2018-10-11T15:51:43","date_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=206010"},"modified":"2018-10-11T15:51:43","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T19:51:43","slug":"justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/","title":{"rendered":"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_191858\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-191858\" style=\"width: 642px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-191858\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles-642x341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles-642x341.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles-300x160.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles-768x408.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg 1209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-191858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Justina Charles has urged young people to take advantage of opportunities. File photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Youth Minister Justina Charles has called on young people on the island to take advantage of the opportunities that are made available to them.<\/p>\n<p>She was delivering the featured address at the 45th graduation ceremony of the Youth Skills Training Programme held at the Goodwill Parish Hall on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>One hundred and fifty-four young people graduated from the programme consisting of 67 males and 87 females.<\/p>\n<p>Training was given in computer literacy, sewing, electrical wiring, agriculture, auto mechanics, auto body repairs and cosmetology.<\/p>\n<p>Charles told the graduates that sometimes the opportunities are there but they are not embraced.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTomorrow we hear some of these very young people say there is no job, we are just sitting by the road and there is nothing to do. But did you avail yourself to the opportunities and did you take advantage of the opportunities that were before you?\u201d she remarked.<\/p>\n<p>Charles advised the graduates to encourage each other, adding that life is not always easy and sacrifices have to be made.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to make up your mind to lose certain things, to earn what you want for the betterment of yourself,&#8221; she stated.<\/p>\n<p>Charles added that a number of young persons have been employed under the National Employment Programme (NEP) that many have criticized.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut this is the opportunity to prepare yourself and to work yourself into permanent employment,\u201d Charles stated.<\/p>\n<p>She explained that that very often when people apply for a job, the first things that are requested are qualification and experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere are the young people getting experience if they just come from college?&#8221; she queried. &#8220;Where are they getting the experience if they just came from secondary school. You\u2019re just coming from University, where are you getting the experience? Yet they are requesting that they are requesting that you walk with experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Charles said programmes like the NEP and the Youth Skills Training Programme give people the experience to put on their resume.<\/p>\n<p>The Youth Skills Training Programme focuses on specific skills in an effort to meet the job market demands and to encourage self-employment among young people in Dominica. Permanent and part-time employment has been obtained by a number of young people who were recently trained.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Youth Minister Justina Charles has called on young people on the island to take advantage of the opportunities that are made available to them. She was delivering the featured address at the 45th graduation ceremony of the Youth Skills Training&#8230;","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":191858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206010","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educationyouth"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities - Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Youth Minister Justina Charles has called on young people on the island to take advantage of the opportunities that are made available to them. She was delivering the featured address at the 45th graduation ceremony of the Youth Skills Training...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Dominica News Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-11T19:51:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1209\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"643\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55\"},\"headline\":\"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-11T19:51:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":397,\"commentCount\":35,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/justina-charles.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Education\\\/Youth\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/\",\"name\":\"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities - Dominica News Online\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/justina-charles.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-11T19:51:43+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/justina-charles.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/12\\\/justina-charles.jpg\",\"width\":1209,\"height\":643,\"caption\":\"Justina Charles has urged young people to take advantage of opportunities. File photo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/homepage\\\/news\\\/educationyouth\\\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Dominica News Online\",\"description\":\"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/dominicanewsonline.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/rsanford\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities - Dominica News Online","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities - Dominica News Online","og_description":"Youth Minister Justina Charles has called on young people on the island to take advantage of the opportunities that are made available to them. She was delivering the featured address at the 45th graduation ceremony of the Youth Skills Training...","og_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/","og_site_name":"Dominica News Online","article_published_time":"2018-10-11T19:51:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1209,"height":643,"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55"},"headline":"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities","datePublished":"2018-10-11T19:51:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/"},"wordCount":397,"commentCount":35,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg","articleSection":["Education\/Youth"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/","name":"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities - Dominica News Online","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg","datePublished":"2018-10-11T19:51:43+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg","width":1209,"height":643,"caption":"Justina Charles has urged young people to take advantage of opportunities. File photo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/educationyouth\/justina-charles-urges-youth-to-take-advantage-of-opportunities\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Justina Charles urges youth to take advantage of opportunities"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/","name":"Dominica News Online","description":"The most popular news site in the Commonwealth of Dominica","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/51a62154b494e84510be75e846b1cf55","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bd0b04180c51bc8e59c8d28d7acff1965c4b2afbb02839737980abb592734752?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/author\/rsanford\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/justina-charles.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206010","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206010"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206010\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206018,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206010\/revisions\/206018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206010"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206010"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206010"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}