We sealed partnership with Electrotechnical School. The partnership between the GFG Foundation Czech Republic, LIBERTY Ostrava and the Electrotechnical High School in Ostrava took a significant step forward with the signing of the cooperation agreement. The school, together with LIBERTY Ostrava and the GFG Foundation, will start selecting upto 30 students in the field of electricians for its pilot project, which will start right after the summer holidays. 

The GFG Foundation is an international foundation founded in the UK in 2017 by Nicola and Sanjeev Gupta. In its six years of operation, the foundation has expanded to three other countries, including the Czech Republic, and has already supported more than 7,700 students. It has clear and specific goals and detailed programmes. These programmes help young people with the development of their skills, especially in the fields of engineering and metalworking industry and in the renewable energy sector, but also with their personal development and thereby strengthening their prospects for obtaining future employment. 

“Fewer young students are opting for technical education and careers in industrial sectors. The goal of the GFG Foundations to stop this trend and attract the younger generation to the industry. The GFG Foundation seeks to inspire, empower, and enable young people in industrial communities to reach their life and employment potential. We are delighted to have partnered with Electrotechnical High School in Ostrava to welcome the first class of future electricians onto the GFG Foundation student programme. Investing in our future generations  is an integral part of the GFG Foundation, which focuses on educating and supporting young people in the communities in which we have a significant business presence,” says Global General Manager GFG Foundation Georgina Crumpton. 

“At the moment, we have agreed on one class with the GFG Foundation, but I believe that the interest will be much greater. It’s a great project in which I see enormous potential and I’m very happy that our long-term cooperation with LIBERTY Ostrava is getting a completely new dimension and impetus,” adds Tomáš Führer, director of the Electrotechnical High School in Ostrava.  

In the study programme, under the supervision of mentors from LIBERTY Ostrava, students get to know industrial production, attend workshops focused on their personal development and various extracurricular activities. The Foundation covers all costs and the study programme costs nothing for the parents and the school. 

“From the first to the third year, we will strive to educate students not only in technical and professional skills, but also to develop their interpersonal, teamwork and help them prepare for real life,” explains Denisa Sedláčková, responsible for recruiting new employees at LIBERTY Ostrava. 

Moreover, LIBERTY Ostrava believes that students can also be interested in the direction that the steel company has taken in recent years. “I think we are currently leaders in our industry in the effort to make our planet a cleaner, greener place. Our CN30 strategy is to reduce CO2 emissions per ton of steel by 95 percent by 2030 thanks to the construction of hybrid electric furnaces,” says Pavel Šedivý, executive director of LIBERTY Ostrava.