The Training and Manpower Department of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, with Support from the Community Relations Department of BMMC have ended a day-long capacity building workshop for teachers in its host communities.
The workshop was intended to help the teachers improve their teaching skill and further prepare them for advanced levels. The workshop was held in Kinjor, under the theme, “Building Knowledge for Impact”.
There were three facilitators: Sylvanus Momoh, Sylvester Shaffa from the Kakata Rural Teachers Training Institute, and Henry Vincent, Superintendent, Community Relations, Bea Mountain Mining Corporation.
The teachers who participated in the workshop were selected from Laar, Mana and Darblo Clans, Gola Konneh District, and Matambo Community, Tewor District.
During the opening of the workshop, the County Education Officer of Grand Cape Mount, Elijah G. Freeman, thanked BMMC for organizing what he called a timely capacity-building training for his teachers. Freeman noted that Bea Mountain Mining Corporation was working and doing what other concession companies have never done in the history of the education sector of the country.
He called on the teachers who attended the capacity building workshop to take advantage of the knowledge being provided through their facilitators.
The Grand Cape Mount County Education Officer also indicated to teachers during the workshop that the knowledge being acquired from the training will also determine their next levels regarding promotions within their various institutions across the county.
For his part, the Community Relations Superintendent of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, Henry Vincent, said it was laudable on the side of BMMC management to bring teachers from their host communities and other surroundings to acquire new knowledge in order to transfer similar knowledge and skills to their students.
Vincent also used the occasion to admonish instructors in Grand Cape Mount County and elsewhere to always exhibit good moral character and work in line with the Code of Conduct governing every teacher in the country.
At the end of the workshop, the Training and Manpower Manager of Bea Mountain Mining Corporation, Precious Dennis, appreciated the senior management team for ensuring that such training was held. Dennis especially appreciated the vompany’s General Manager, Reza Karimiyan, for the interest he has shown in the education sector.
She further indicated that it was due to support and collaboration from the Community Relations Department that such workshop was successful. Dennis also thanked the teachers for coming and getting fresh knowledge as the academic year has just commenced.
