A dozen local trainers are currently following a week-long course conducted by a Malaysian expert at Seychelles Institute of Administration (SIM) where the Seychellois normally lecture.

The course which the full and part-time lecturers are following comes at a significant time when SIM is consolidating its role as the leading institution for management development in Seychelles.

Principal Secretary Mohamed Afif of the Ministry of Administration and Manpower said this on Monday October 27 when he launched the course, whose main facilitator is Ms Lee Meng Foon, the head of Malaysia's Communication and Training Development Centre of the country's National Institute of Public Administration (INTAN).

Speaking in the presence of the Minister for Administration and Manpower, Ms Noellie Alexander, Mr Afif said the course has come at a significant time when SIM is focusing on the quality of the service it provides.

He noted that the institution has a small but diverse team of dedicated professional staff who over the years have worked hard to maintain standards of course development.

Participants at the course are expected to discuss the training process and curriculum design, and how to be effective trainers.

INTAN is Malaysia's central training agency and conducts more than 1,000 courses involving more than 30,000 government officials every year.

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