Monrovia, Sept. 29 -- For years, Liberia's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) challenge extends beyond classrooms. The harder question is what happens when young people leave. The Strengthening Integration through Vocational Education (STRIVE) project addresses whether training translates into jobs, apprenticeships, viable businesses or modern equipment skills.

By Jaheim T. Tumu

Funded by the Agence Francaise de Developpement (AFD) with €10 million and implemented by the European Institute for Cooperation and Development (IECD), STRIVE was designed to strengthen vocational training, improve employability and connect training with labor-market needs. IECD says it responded partly to a fragmented system with diff...