The Government of Liberia is encouraging Liberian students to study Marine Sciences in a bid to increase the number of experts to help conserve the marine environment and create opportunities for positive career paths.
The government, through its maritime and marine experts, namely: Sheck A. Sheriff, Queen’s University Belfast PhD Scholar, Mathew Opah Salon, Senior Resource Person of the Blue Oceans Conference and Maritime Safety and Administration and Olivia Faith Tah-Johnson, Maritime Law and Policy Practitioner made the call at a one-day career fair in Marine Science that was attended by over two hundred high school and college students
The ‘Blue Ocean Career Fair’ was part of activities climaxing the week-long Blue Oceans Conference organized by the government of Liberia in conjunction with the Embassy of the Kingdom of Sweden near Monrovia and Conservation International (CI).
Addressing the students, a maritime practitioner at Liberia International Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR), Madam Tah-Johnson said that the Blue Ocean Career fare was geared towards creating opportunities for students who are seeking career path and to provide professional experience to students who are fresh graduates to learn how to move forward.
In addition, she noted that the career fair was all about facilitating an environment where students can interact with foreign universities and experts and the provide professional experience to fresh graduates on how to move forwards towards a practical life and enabling the students to know how to compete in the competitive market.
Speaking further she said Liberia has a rich maritime history, with over 4000 ships registered under the Liberian Shipping Registry and flying the country’s flag, while the sector is making huge contribution towards the Liberian economy.
Despite these strides, she noted that Liberia is still lagging behind in human resource capacity in the sector and the awareness was to inspire the young generation to study marine sciences and help conserve the marine environment.
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