The Minister of Technical and Higher Education, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie has encouraged Management and Staff to improve on quality as they align their Strategic Plan with the Sierra Leone Global Partnership for Education Compact (GPE Compact).
She noted that the Sierra Leone Education Sector Plan (ESP 2022-2026), and the 2023 New Direction Government’s Manifesto Commitment on “Improving Technical and Higher Education, ” must be met.
In her statement, Dr. Haja Ramatulai Wurie started off by urging members present to imbibe the culture of being proactive by looking ahead to see what potential problems would be and putting measures in place to address them beforehand.
She entreated members to plan in such a way that whatever is achieved in the next 100 days builds the foundation for what should be achieved in subsequent years.
“We need to be very intentional about what we do to ensure that we get to that common goal that we are all working towards,” she said.
Key areas that she mentioned with regards the Ministry being proactive are outlined as follows:
- To ensure that Management and Staff of the Ministry use official email addresses which are Government-lead and in a secure server
- To have up-to-date database of Sierra Leonean students in China
iii. To have a list of countries that offer scholarships to Sierra Leonean students and ensure that the subjects that they offer align with what Sierra Leone needs in terms of national development (especially with the Big Five)
- To harmonize remuneration of students in a bid to ensure that certain set of students are not disadvantaged
- To ensure that Kono University of Science and Technology kick-starts in the next 100 days
- To meet with the National Executive for Academic Staff Association (ASA) to ensure that their conditions of service are addressed
vii. To encourage the Conference of Vice Chancellors and Principals (CVCP) for them to engage in income generation activities to support the Ministry, by ensuring that they continue to build upon the gains that they have made within the research space among others.
