STORY: Ethiopian Luban Workshop enhances vocational skills and opportunities for Africans
SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage
DATELINE: Oct. 4, 2024
LENGTH: 00:01:25
LOCATION: Addis Ababa
CATEGORY: SOCIETY

SHOTLIST:
1. various of the campus of Ethiopian Federal Technical and Vocational Training Institute
2. various of the Luban Workshop
3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HENOK AMANUEL EMIRU, Student at the Luban Workshop
4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YONAS AKELE, Ethiopian teacher at the Luban Workshop
5. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TABOR TAMIRU, Student at the Luban Workshop
6. various of the Luban Workshop

STORYLINE:

Since its launch in April 2021, the Chinese-built Ethiopian Luban Workshop, located at the Ethiopian Federal Technical and Vocational Training Institute, has trained over 1,000 local teachers and students, becoming a key achievement in China-Ethiopia vocational education cooperation.

The workshop, established by China's Tianjin University of Technology and Education, specializes in industrial robotics, mechatronics, industrial control, and industrial sensor technology, providing valuable skills for Ethiopian students in various technological fields.

SOUNDBITE 1 (English): HENOK AMANUEL EMIRU, Student at the Luban Workshop
"When I see myself with my competitors, there are some gaps in me because there is a lack of training in my country. The Luban Workshop is open for me, so that's why I can practice (here). I'm still developing and progressing myself in this training."

SOUNDBITE 2 (English): YONAS AKELE, Ethiopian teacher at the Luban Workshop
"In Ethiopia, it's very necessary. Most of the students work with and practice with Luban Workshop. That's very necessary and important in our institution."

SOUNDBITE 3 (English): TABOR TAMIRU, Student at the Luban Workshop
"It will make me more confident to apply to any job that requires automation, robotics, and further advanced technologies. So it makes me competent and confident. And it will help me improve my education, and apply scholarship to other countries."

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Addis Ababa.
(XHTV)