Assistant Labor Minister for Planning, Human Resource and Development, Emmanuel Barnes, has emphasized the need for occupational standardization of TVET Curriculum and institutionalization of Apprenticeship from a governmental approach.
Speaking at a regional conference in Mombasa, Kenya, Assistant Minister Barnes also highlighted the need for a structural approach and a uniformed module development.
Barnes who commended the organizers of the conference also committed Liberia’s willingness to leverage on the existing opportunities to help in the transformation of many young people manpower capacities into useful technicians and skilled individuals.
As part of the continental gathering, Assistant Minister Barnes participated in a panel discussion known as the High-level Ministerial Session where we gave Liberia’s perspective on transforming apprenticeship systems in the informal economy for youth employability.
The Assistant Labor Minister who fully represented Liberia at the second General Conference of the Sub-Saharan Africa Skills and Apprenticeship Stakeholders Network(SASASNET), in the Coastal City of Mombasa, described the conference as successful and rewarding for the country.
“It was also a great learning opportunity from representatives of Namibia, Kenya and Nigeria who have all formalized their approaches in this regard,” he emphasized.
Making use of his skills and expertise during the conference, Barnes also maximized the opportunity to network on behalf of Liberia where he pushed and arrived at a tentative agreement geared toward positively impacting the country.
“We have received provisional invite for a study tour to Namibia and the willingness of our Nigerian counterparts to aid Liberia in hosting a mini conference where they will significantly collaborate with a local polytechnic or technical institute in beginning the process of formalization,” he further disclosed.
Among other things, the conference, he stressed, focused on shaping the human capacity of many young people who envisage trade education outside of the formal learning procedures.