du Youth Council Enables Learning Continuity and Development of UAE Students on World Youth Skills Day

du, from Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), is celebrating World Youth Skills Day – established by the United Nations to highlight the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, work and entrepreneurship. To mark the occasion, du Youth Council provided a unique opportunity to a group of talented high school graduates to gain skills and learn more about the telecommunications sector at its innovative new HQ in Dubai Hills.

As part of the exclusive program, a group of UAE students were invited to shadow du employees in several departments whilst du Youth Council facilitated a high quality learning environment with a focus on skills development, formal training and practical work experience. The telco aims to play an important role in engaging and equipping the future workforce for dynamic skill-demands by companies, organisations and communities.

On World Youth Skills Day, du Youth Council also reiterated its commitment to empowering Emirati youth within the organisation to realise their professional potential and build a talent pipeline that fosters the economic imperatives of the UAE’s knowledge-based economy through ICT. du’s new HQ further enables its transformative strategy – with a renewed emphasis on providing career development for Emirati leaders and aspiring talent of tomorrow.