After a tour of various workshops that were closed, the director of the National Institute of Vocational Training and Training for Human Development (Inadeh), Yajaira Pitti, confirmed that the corresponding investigations will be carried out to find out who the officials were “who in a way irresponsible ordered a closure of these workshops that are so important for the institution and that in addition have left the opportunity for many Panamanians to take advantage of
these courses, plus the economic loss of these teams.
This decision was made after finding equipment in deterioration, in abandonment, which definitely, Pitti explained, “is of no use to us because when it is disused it loses its validity. They did not have maintenance, it is for this reason that we have delegated to our legal advisors and the General Secretariat, so that they are in charge of the investigations and complaints that have to be made at the time.
These workshops, which are located at the Inadeh headquarters in Tocumen, were closed approximately a year and a half ago, which has resulted in a series of stopped courses, which has deteriorated the academic offering that the institution offers to the general population.
They are workshops for joinery, welding, electricity, ordinary marine, dressmaking and gastronomy. “The good thing is that most of us have found equipment in excellent condition, which is very expensive and has not been used, however, I have a demand from young people who want to take the Inadeh courses, but I have everything here locked up and stopped,” he explained.
After this, the director made the decision to activate gastronomy training again. She also began an operational project to relocate some of the workshops, which, due to being disused and without maintenance, are not suitable for teaching classes. “We are going to relocate them to some areas such as San Miguelito, in Betania and Arraiján, hoping that this academic offer will be available in about two months.”
