MIC In­sti­tute of Tech­nol­o­gy (MIC-IT) and Matu­ra Re­unit­ed FC have en­tered in­to a strate­gic part­ner­ship that will seek to en­hance ed­u­ca­tion and sports in the east­ern coun­ties of Trinidad and To­ba­go.

An of­fi­cial re­lease from MIC-IT says the or­gan­i­sa­tion takes great pride in the col­lab­o­ra­tive ini­tia­tive, which “is ex­pect­ed to have a far-reach­ing im­pact, fos­ter­ing tal­ent de­vel­op­ment and pro­mot­ing so­cio-eco­nom­ic growth.”

“The part­ner­ship, known as MIC Matu­ra Re­unit­ed FC, is ded­i­cat­ed to pro­vid­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties for youth to pur­sue Tech­ni­cal Vo­ca­tion­al train­ing along­side par­tic­i­pat­ing in elite foot­ball com­pe­ti­tions,” the MIC-IT state­ment said.  “This unique com­bi­na­tion will of­fer them a wide range of prospects for de­vel­op­ment and suc­cess.”

Un­der the terms of the MOA, MIC-IT will pro­vide ed­u­ca­tion­al sup­port, in the form of tech­ni­cal vo­ca­tion­al train­ing, while Matu­ra Re­unit­ed FC will fa­cil­i­tate a path­way for young ath­letes to com­pete at the high­est lev­els of foot­ball in T&T.

MIC-IT CEO, Anil Ramnarine, signs the MOA with Matura Reunited FC President, Dwain Henry, at MIC-IT’s Head Office in Macoya, on Monday 4 March 2024. [Image courtesy MIC-IT]

Now re­brand­ed as MIC Matu­ra Re­unit­ed FC, this col­lab­o­ra­tion will rev­o­lu­tionise op­por­tu­ni­ties for as­pir­ing young in­di­vid­u­als by of­fer­ing a dual plat­form for tech­ni­cal vo­ca­tion­al train­ing and elite foot­ball com­pe­ti­tion.

"This col­lab­o­ra­tion ex­em­pli­fies our com­mit­ment to em­pow­er­ing the youth of Trinidad and To­ba­go by of­fer­ing them a holis­tic ap­proach to ed­u­ca­tion and sports," MIC-IT’s CEO, Anil Ram­nar­ine, said at the sign­ing cer­e­mo­ny.

His en­thu­si­asm for the strate­gic part­ner­ship was echoed by Pres­i­dent of Matu­ra Re­unit­ed FC, Dwain Hen­ry, who de­scribed it as “a sig­nif­i­cant step to­wards com­mu­ni­ty de­vel­op­ment.”

"We are thrilled to com­bine our com­mu­ni­ty and tal­ent with MIC-IT to cre­ate greater op­por­tu­ni­ties for the youth in our re­gion to ex­cel both aca­d­e­m­i­cal­ly and ath­let­i­cal­ly," Hen­ry said.

The his­toric Mem­o­ran­dum of Agree­ment (MOA) was signed on Mon­day 4 March 2024, at MIC-IT’s Head Of­fice in Ma­coya.