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By: Benjamin Ibrahim Brima Kanu  On Wednesday, the National Council for Technical Vocational and other Academic Award (NCTVA) schooled selected administrators of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from across Sierra Leone on assessment and certification of Grantee trainees of the Skills Development Fund. Hosted at the MADAM multipurpose hall, the day's long training was well attended by various heads of all TVET institutions from the six regions of Sierra Leone including renowned academic scholars among other stakeholders and representatives such as Government Technical Institutes - (GTIs), MADAM, the Saint Joseph Technical Vocational Institute Lunsar among others. The training which is organized by NCTA is support by the Government of Sierra Leone through the Ministry of Technical and Higher Education and their partners seek to take advantage of the continuing development of vocational and technical skills education in the country, since the council introduced ...

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Statement by SLAJ President, Ahmed Sahid Nasralla, at WIMSAL Annual General Meeting 2023, Friday 10th March 2023 at Atlantic Hotel, Lumley Beach, Freetown at 10:00AM Theme: ‘Positioning Female Journalists to Promote Women in Politics’. Opening courtesies… Let me start with congratulating WIMSAL on your 15th Anniversary. It's an honour to be here today at the Women in the Media in Sierra Leone Annual General Meeting to discuss the theme of "Positioning Female Journalists to Promote Women in Politics." In Sierra Leone, women are underrepresented in both politics and the media. According to the Inter-Parliamentary Union, only 13.1% of seats in the Sierra Leonean parliament are held by women. This is despite the fact that women make up over 50% of the country's population. Similarly, the Global Media Monitoring Project found that only 24% of news stories in Sierra Leone feature women as protagonists or experts. These statistics are troubling and highlight the need for gr...

“MOVING INTO THE INFORMAL SECTOR: THE ROLE OF THE PRESS Statement delivered by SLAJ Vice President, Sahr James Bangah Mr. Chairman, Director General NASSIT, Distinguished guest and colleagues, Good Morning. On behalf the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists (SLAJ), I want to congratulate the leadership of NASSIT and his team for their brilliant move to organize a day session for media practitioners on the Theme “MOVING INTO THE INFORMAL SECTOR: THE ROLE OF THE PRESS. Thirty-five years ago, the International Labour Organization coined the term “the informal sector” to describe the activities of the working poor. Today, this sector accounts for nearly half of all workers in the world and it is expanding in both developing and industrialized countries and play a major role in employment creation, production and income generation but unfortunately most of the informal workers do not have secure employment contracts, workers benefits, social protection or workers representation but th...

By: Joseph Momoh Conteh The realization of the existence of Corporate Communication in any Business Organization must be a necessary objective of a well determine Organization. Because, Corporate communication is a management function that offers a framework for the effective coordination of both internal and external communication with the overall purpose of establishing and maintaining favourable reputations with stakeholder, workers, customers and others groups upon which the organization is dependent. Having said that, Corporate Communication plays a very important role in any business organization.  It is essential for any type of organization that wishes to pursue effective operations has to be in full accordance with the society in which it exists through Corporate Communication. Corporate Communication involves a whole lot than just talking to one another. At the corporate level, it refers to all spoken and written interactions, both internally and externally. In this of ou...

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson  Following what has been described as a hard fought for 1-0 win over Freetown visitors East End Tigers last Sunday courtesy of their new striker Issa Apex Tarawalie from Bombali Sebora Football Club who netted his first for "the Northern Rock." The Makeni based Sierra Leone Men’s Premier League outfit which only returned to winning ways  a week ago after staying winless for nearly two months snatched a second win in this season’s National Men’s Top-Tier  during their match day-14 encounter, thanks to their new acquisition forward Issa Apex Tarawalie form district rivals Bombali Sebora FC’s 43rd minutes goal which turned out to be the match’s lone goal. Tarawlie had said in a post game interview that it was a pleasing moment for him that his maiden top-tier goal as well as his first for his new club was enough to return the club to winning ways after going on a win drought for over ten weeks in the ongoing champions. He has promised to score more g...