{"id":32539,"date":"2026-09-24T12:55:52","date_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?p=32539"},"modified":"2026-09-24T12:55:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T09:55:53","slug":"from-the-classroom-to-the-newsroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/africa\/from-the-classroom-to-the-newsroom\/","title":{"rendered":"FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE NEWSROOM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WHAT DOES A GOOD TVET INSTRUCTOR NEED TO KNOW?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nakawa Vocational Training Institute | 4 August 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On 4 August, COU Family TV&#8217;s NewsAt8 carried a story on TRIDI&#8217;s work at Nakawa Vocational Training Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Its framing was clear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cSIYEP EQUIPS STUDENTS, TUTORS WITH INDUSTRY-RELEVANT COMPETENCIES.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another lower-third described the partnership as promoting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cpractical training, gender inclusivity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE BIG IDEA<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good instructor today needs more than subject knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They need to understand:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>market requirements;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>competency-based assessment;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>gender-responsive teaching;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>safeguarding;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>disability inclusion;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>practical demonstration;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>evidence of learning;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>how technology changes the workplace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE QUESTION FOR EVERY TRAINER<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cIf the market changed tomorrow, would my training change with it?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is the challenge TRIDI&#8217;s SIYEP model is trying to address.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>WATCH THE STORY<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"TRIDI PARTNERS WITH NAKAWA TRAINING COLLEGE  TO BOOST YOUTH EMPLOYMENT SKILLS\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oIbnaiIzvyg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT DOES A GOOD TVET INSTRUCTOR NEED TO KNOW? Nakawa Vocational Training Institute | 4 August 2026 On 4 August, COU Family TV&#8217;s NewsAt8 carried a story on TRIDI&#8217;s work at Nakawa Vocational Training Institute. Its framing was clear: \u201cSIYEP EQUIPS STUDENTS, TUTORS WITH INDUSTRY-RELEVANT COMPETENCIES.\u201d Another lower-third described the partnership as promoting: \u201cpractical training, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,92],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-vocational-skills"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32540,"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32539\/revisions\/32540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tridi.org\/?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}