Mainstream Courses
This includes two year courses accompanied with computer, entrepreneurship skills, and mathematics to trainees to compete favorably in the labor market. They include the following:
1. Catering
Trainees are taught preparation and presentation of different dishes especially European and local dishes, house keeping, food hygiene, nutrition & front office operations. We also carry out field training i.e. when we get off site catering services; this exposes them to the real world of work , builds their self esteem and confidence. Trainees are given a small token every time we have field training, depending on the size of the business, to motivate them.
By the time trainees leave the school, they are capable of running their own small businesses and be self reliant. Others get employment with catering establishments especially hotels, and they have always proved to be hard working and self driven. This has made our flag to fly high in most hotels in and around Kampala city. If you happen to visit any hotels in that locality, you cannot miss getting workers who trained with us. Great thanks to the catering instructors for the good work they are doing.
2. Tailoring
This course consists of the following components;
[a] Garment cutting and making; trainees are acquire skills in making different attires such as shirts , skirts, blouses, men and ladies suits, baby dresses, overalls, curtains, cushion covers, name it. Pop in and have your attire designed; you trust us with quality work.
[b] Machine embroidery: we train them how to make table clothes, cuss ion covers, and also to put any designs on attires to improve on the quality of the finished products so that they can sell highly in the market.
[c]Screen printing & surface designing: we train girls to print banners, T shirts for different occasions, budges, cussions, tablecloths & mats etc. They also print, dye materials which are later cut into garments; this improves the appearance of the finished products and earns more income.
3. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Department:
Computer skills training as earlier mentioned, is simultaneously taught alongside catering and tailoring: Our trainees are introduced into the world of computers and Microsoft office suites programs including: Introductions to computers, window operating system, ms word, ms excel, Access and internet concepts. However, computer training at COWA C.V.T.S is not only limited to full time students but also open to community members interested in the program. They pay for each package they want to train and this helps boasts our income generating activities.
Skills Training Programs:
What makes our training program unique is the life skills training program offered in various field during the course of the 2 years. We make our trainees aware of their legal rights e.g. they get awareness about the children’s rights, law of inheritance, gender awareness, occupational health and safety, etc.
They attend youth forums every 1st Saturday of the month; where we invite facilitators from Home care, meeting point international and other places to sensitize them about HIV/AIDS. With all this in place they are able to make conscious and informed decisions.
After completion of the two years, our trainees sit for internal and external examinations examined by Directorate of Industrials Training (DIT) and they are awarded with certificates before they to catering establishments especially hotels and textile industries to acquire more skills before employments. Follow up is done once in a month simply to find out how they are coping up in the industries.
Target Groups
We take school leavers of these categories
Entry / Academic Requirements:
