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HAMILTON, Canada — Bridging the gap between technical classrooms and actual employment took center stage in Ontario this week as a high-level Liberian delegation led by Minister of Education Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah engaged leadership at Mohawk College to re-engineer Liberia’s workforce development system.
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MONROVIA, Liberia — Fresh off presenting his credentials to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, France’s newly accredited Ambassador to Liberia, H.E. Dominique Pierre Delpuech, stepped into a key diplomatic engagement this week, meeting with Education Minister Dr. Jarso Maley Jallah to forge closer institutional ties between Paris and Monrovia.
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