A Mechanical Engineer with Kaltire Company Limited-Guinea Conakry, Mr. Rockson Siaw, has urged students pursuing Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to embrace acquiring Technical Education with pride.
As TVET plays a vital role in equipping individuals with practical skills, enhance employability, and drive economic growth, Mr. Rockson encouraged the students that, offering such course at various secondary schools in the country have been charged to be boastful with their technical education likewise colleagues at Adisadel College, Holy Child, Mfantsipim, St. Augustine College and the likes.
At the official launch of the Biriwa Old Students Association (BOSA), an association spearheaded by the school’s graduating class of 2003, which aims at rendering support to the institution in whatever capacity it deems fit, he underscored that the aim is to break down stigma and highlight the value of TVET in shaping a skilled workforce.
However, he appealed on present and successive governments to do its bit to enhance the country’s technical education to foster young and future engineers in order to halt foreigners been awarded contracts which can be awarded to contractors which are equally skilled in country.
President for BOSA 2003, Obed Asiedu, eulogized how impactful Biriwa Technical Institute has been in shaping their lives, hence their determined effort to give back to the school through the old students association.
He therefore shared the association’s ambition to construct an ultramodern and spacious dinning hall for the school, upon donating 20 executive chairs to the school at the event, with further assurance to assist the institution with its pressing issues that needs urgent redress and attention.
Ms. Theresa Akofa, Vice Principal for Biriwa Technical Institute on the school’s infrastructural deficiency, made a passionate plea to other old students to look up to the 2003 year group and come to the aid of their alma mater. Adding that the institution will in December celebrate its 50th anniversary, thus call on all its past students to collectively collaborate and make the celebration a memorable.
Story By: Eric Annan, Central Regional Correspondent, Sompa TV/FM.
