What does it take for skills training to lead to real jobs?
That question opened Day One of the Ministry of Education’s Education Investment and Partnership Mission in Canada, as Minister of Education Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah led Liberia’s delegation to Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ontario.
TVET is one of the Ministry’s eight education reform priorities, aligned with Liberia’s ARREST Agenda for Inclusive Development. As Liberia expands its TVET system, the focus is on stronger instructors, training that responds to the economy, greater employer involvement, and clearer pathways from skills training into work.
Mohawk offers experience in exactly those areas. The College is one of Ontario’s largest apprenticeship trainers, serving thousands of apprentices each year, and is nationally recognized for applied research. Its model brings employers into training, combines classroom instruction with workplace experience, and uses applied research to solve real industry problems.
The delegation toured Mohawk’s skilled trades, applied learning, research, and innovation facilities to see firsthand how those connections work in practice.
Discussions focused on instructor development, employer-linked training, apprenticeship and workplace learning, and stronger pathways into employment and enterprise.
Liberia also presented a draft Memorandum of Understanding for Mohawk’s review, with both sides now moving into technical discussions on where collaboration can begin.
Day One was about connecting Liberia’s education priorities with institutions that have practical experience turning skills training into workforce pathways.
The work continues.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Education: Republic of Liberia.
