VOA常速英语:The Workforce of Tomorrow: African Schools Add Soft-Skills Training

These public high school students are on a field trip, across the street.They’re asking local businesses in Kigali what it takes to get hired.In a few months they’ll be trying to join the workforce.
这些公立高中的学生在街对面进行实地考察，他们向基加利当地的企业询问如何才能得到聘用。再过几个月他们就要加入劳动力大军了。
“What I have to do in an interview, I have to first introduce myself name, age.Second, I have to share my education level and even my background. When you are going through the interview process, you have to dress smart.”
我在面试中要做的事情，首先要介绍自己的姓名、年龄，其次还要和大家分享我的教育水平，甚至我的背景。当你在面试过程中，你必须穿着得体。
Back on campus the students conduct mock job interviews, many of them say this is their favorite class.It’s all about soft skills needed to transition to work. Teachers equip students to become better communicators, problem solvers and global citizens.With support from a U.S.-based educational organization, Rwanda incorporated the work readiness curriculum into all secondary schools. The aim is to close the unemployment gap, which stands at 13.2 percent. A local NGO called Akazi Kanoze, which means “work well done” in Kinyarwanda, was created to execute the program.
在校园里，学生进行模拟面试，其中许多人表示这是他们最喜欢的课程。这都是关于转型到工作所需的软技能。教师让学生成为更好的沟通者、问题解决者和全球公民。在美国教育机构的支持下，卢旺达将工作准备课程纳入所有中学，其目标是缩小百分之13.2的失业差距。一个名为Akazi Kanoze的地方非政府组织，是为了执行该计划而设立的，Akazi Kanoze在卢旺达语中意思是“做得很好”。
“The students must work in groups, for example, a group of four students, five students, they interact. We give them role plays.We give them scenarios.They present. Through presentations, they acquire communication skills.”
学生必须小组合作，例如，一组四名学生，五名学生，他们互动。我们给他们角色扮演。我们给他们的场景。他们临场发挥。通过演示，他们获得沟通技巧。
It’s an innovative curriculum that requires teachers to learn soft skills, too.Here in Rwandan and Senegalese, educators are learning how to be more engaging, in the classroom.the Senegalese instructors will take what they’ve learned to rural communities in Senegal.This Junior High School, in the chess region outside of Dhaka, is one of the 250 schools selected to participate. The program began early this year. Today students are discussing values like honesty and sharing.
这是一个创新的课程，就要求教师也要学习软技能。在卢旺达和塞内加尔，那里的教育工作者正在学习如何在课堂上更吸引人。塞内加尔教师将把他们学到的知识带到塞内加尔的农村社区。这所位于达卡郊区的初中是被选中参加的250所学校之一。 该方案今年初开始。 今天，学生们正在讨论诚实和分享的价值观。
“The high school certainly have failed somewhere. Because we had some instructions.We know what geography is.We know what mathematics are, but we did not really have skills to face life and to make our own choices.This is what we missed.”
高中肯定在某个地方失败了。因为我们有一些指示。我们通晓地理、精通数学，但我们没有真正的技能去面对生活，也无法做出自己的选择。这就是我们错过的。
At a nearby high school students are excited about another new class,it’s about financial literacy, the class is an investment for a better future.
在附近的一所高中，学生们对另一门新课程感到兴奋，这是关于金融素养的，这门课是对一个更美好未来的投资。
Chika Oduah for VOA News in Chess Senegal.
VOA记者Chika塞内加尔报道。