Graduates of TVET training have been told to cultivate a strong mindset and clear vision to contribute to Liberia’s transformation.
By Lincoln G. Peters
Monrovia, Liberia, November 19, 2024 – A Liberian Journalist and President of the Association of Judicial Reporters of Liberia urges graduates of the 4th Circle of Marion’s Culinary School of Technical Vocational Education to establish a strong mindset and clear vision for contributing to Liberia’s transformation.
Delivering the keynote address over the weekend, Ms. Yassah Natasha Wright encouraged the graduates to walk through the walls of the vocational school to fully utilize the knowledge they had gained after months of training.
“Walk out of here with a strong mindset and a clear vision of how you can put your ideas into businesses and succeed for the betterment of you and your family and country. Do not leave this program and sit at home and complain that you do not have the resources to start a small business for you and your family to survive.” Ms. Wright challenges the graduates.
According to her, graduates should be aware that to achieve greatness, they must make all of the sacrifices for themselves because if they can’t be brave enough to step forward, nobody will help them.
The African Methodist Episcopal University graduate further reminds the graduates to imagine themselves as the owners of bakeries and renowned restaurants, adding that their beginning will be very small, but they should make sure the ending is big.
She recommends that they keep their eyes on their goals and work towards them using the skills they have acquired. She also admonishes women among the graduates to set a great example for other women to follow by empowering themselves to gain their place in society.
“As the saying goes, nobody will wash your back if you don’t wash your front. Even if it is small, start it with a growth and development mindset. Think big, don’t have a small mindset of just acquiring this skill, maybe in baking or catering, just to sell doughnuts in buckets in the streets of Monrovia or operate a cook shop we commonly refer to as lappa be door,” she cautions.
Over the weekend, the 4th circle of Marion’s Culinary School graduated several students in technical vocational education skills after completing skills such as pastry, interior design, cake making and design, cosmetology, construction, and computer science.
Mr. Lawrence Chea and Mrs. Chea established the transformative vocational education school with the aim of making Liberian youths, especially women, productive and self-reliant citizens who can contribute to nation-building.
Since the establishment of the school, dozens of youths have graduated, with women topping the participants in several technical and vocational skills. Editing by Jonathan Browne
