By S. Siapha Mulbah (Cub Reporter)
Several residents of Grand Kru County have ended a day-long-strategic workshop to ensure the establishment of a technical college in the county.
The workshop brought together several stakeholders from the county and the southeastern region to look at the Institutional framework of the college and other efforts to open and keep the college running.
Grand Kru Technical College (GKTC) as it stands will become the first stop shop for people in the region who will want to acquire technical skills in some necessary programs.
Speaking as Chairperson on the Board of Trustees of GKTC, Madam Weade Kobbah- Boley said as policy makers they are not envisioning a college that will be so limited to only Grand Kru or the region but the country at large.
She explained that the Grand Kru Technical College will seek to transform the minds of people and redirect them to the direction that will impact the developmental agenda of Liberia.
The female educator graded the county as one of the best when it relates to higher education thus challenging the citizens to take ownership and solidified cooperation to the establishment of the college.
Other prominent citizens of Grand Kru also emphasized the need to have everything done to kick start the project without further delay.
Senior citizen, Dr. Tokpa Nah Tipoteh revealed that Grand Kru, among other counties in the southern region remains blessed to have citizens who are educated, a reason that could have a speedy creation of the college.
According to him, there are many words that come out of policy workshops concerning key issues but the implementation thereafter are always the particles that stand ahead.
Dr. Tipoteh urged the College authority to start the process of establishment with the available human resources that could be of immense help to the process and accept self-criticism as a motivation to move for an expected out.
For his part, the Deputy Commissioner of higher education James Lablah, said that higher learning institutions find it difficult to operate in the country without referencing the guidelines that define their operations.
He said higher education institutions should be accessible to the public at all times and there should be relevant programs to make sure that those desirous of enrolling can achieve their goals.
Commissioner Lablah then narrated the entire process from accreditation to issuance of license among others so that GKTC can take cognizance and act accordingly to avoid further embarrassment.
