MYS, MOE launch Liberia's Entrepreneurship and Innovation Skills Competition

The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MOYS) and Ministry of Education (MOE), through the Youth Rising program with support from the European Union (EU), have launched the pilot phase of Liberia’s entrepreneurship and innovation skills competition.
 
The Liberia Entrepreneurship and Innovation Skills Competition implemented by MOYS and MOE was launched on Monday, by the Assistant Minister for Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) at the MYS,  Millias Z. Sheriff.
 
According to Minister Sheriff, the launch is in fulfillment of programs intended to help improve the skills of young Liberians through the Youth Rising program, being organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), with aimed at promoting youth employment projects with financing from the European Union and Swedish Government.
 
He said the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Skills competition is expected to kick-off on July 15, 2023, in commemoration of the celebration of World Youth Skills Day held annually across the world.
 
"This competition will employ a program-solving approach to address human needs and create solutions of potential business ideas and improving the country TVET sector on par with other countries in the world,” Minister Sheriff said.
 
According to him, as head of the Project Steering Committee, the skills competition will be structured to generate a pool of bankable business ideas that can be used to incubate new growth-oriented small businesses expansion associated with TVET systems in auto mechanic, electricity, carpentry, and among others.
 
“This engagement will comprise of two stages and the most outstanding projects in each step will receive awards. Schools expected to participate in this upcoming event include Booker Washington Institute, William V. S. Tubman High School, Monrovia Vocational Training Center, Business and Domestic Occupational Training Center, and Don-Bosco.”
 
Others named are the Liberia Opportunities Industrialization Center (LOIC), Tumutu Agricultural Vocational Training Center, Netlib Vocational Training Institute, Atlantic Vocational Training Center (NVTI), Versatile Vocational Training Center, and the Lewis Togba School of Journalism and Media Services.