"We are Presently Offering Scholarships to Students in different fields" -Dr. Tassang Thiery
Dr Tassang Thiery, Director of Saint Thiery Vocational Institute of Business Management, Science, Technology and Agriculture VIBMSTA, has in an exclusive interview with "Edev Web News" declared his intention to offer Scholarships to young Cameroonians wishing to pursue studies in Professional fields. In this brief interview which took place at his Bamenda Campus, Dr Thiery begins by shedding light on the present spread of the school on the National Territory.
“The Institution has a branch in the West Region specifically in Bafoussam. We have a new campus at Feu Rouge in Bafoussam. We have another branch in the South West Region of Cameroon located at Tiko Road Mutengene.”
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What exactly is offered at Saint Thiery?
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If you look at the Sociopolitical Crisis that we are facing, you will see that we actually need to bring a kind of reformation in education in Cameroon. We need to bring in things that will take us to the next level. We have a new vision which is to bring in professionalism in education. To bring in skills acquisition. It’s not just about talking. It’s not just about training people who will go home and contribute nothing towards the development of their societies. The main objective of Saint Thiery is to make the best out of the little that we have. It is to take people who could not believe in their own talents and capabilities and show them how they can use the little that they have to impact on society. We show them that with the little that they have they can be very useful in shaping and participating in the development of their Communities and in this way improving upon the economic situation of their regions and the economic situation of the country as a whole.
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Can you itemise the Courses offered at Saint Thiery?
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Saint Thiery is authoutised by the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training in Cameroon. Under this ministry we run strictly the Professional National Diploma Programmes. We are also affiliated to State Universities and other private higher Institutions of learning. One of these is the Havard University Institute Bamenda and Kesmond International University which is located in Ngoundere and in many African Countries like Kenya, Zambia, Somalia, Uganda amongst others. We use all our partners and affiliates to see how we can improve upon the outcome and the certification of our students. If a student for example is studying for a Diploma in Pharmacy, upon graduation the student will get the National Diploma as a Pharmacy Assistant from the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training and at the same time get an equivalent certificate from Kesmond International University.
So we make sure that our students have dual certificates which can permit them to have opportunities not only in Cameroon but internationally as well. So under the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training we have Pharmacy Assistant which is a one year Programme. The entry requirement is the GCE Ordinary Level. We have Physiotherapy Assistants which is also a one year Training Programme and with an entry requirement which is the GCE O Level. Other one year Programmes with the GCE Ordinary Level as entry level include Laboratory Assistants, Medical Secretariat and Agriculture and Pasture. By Agriculture and Pasture we are talking about all the fields in Agriculture like Poultry Farming, Animal Farming, Crop production etc. We also have Medical Delegates which is a branch of Pharmacy which has to do with the Marketing of Pharmaceutical Products. So we train Medical Delegates to master their Pharmacology and to master the marketing of Pharmaceutical Products and Equipments as well as to keep the Doctors and the Health Personnel in our hospitals updated on the new products and equipment. We also have Geriatrics which is a specialised field in Nursing that has to do with the care of the elderly.
We have Computerised Accounting and Management as well as Computer Hardware and Software Maintenance. The Programmes are many and we can’t mention all of them here.
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What about your HND Programmes?
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In our HND Programmes we collaborate with the Havard University Institute Bamenda to offer HND in Nursing, Pharmacy, Laboratory Sciences, Midwifery, Physiotherapy, Management, Marketing, Accounting amongst others.
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We would like you to put across a message to prospective candidates and parents..
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We understand the situation that we are all facing now so we are offering scholarships in different fields so we are encouraging students to come and apply for Scholarships so that we can select those that can be granted Scholarships.
Interviewed by Francis Ekongang Nzante
Edev Web News
Email: edevnewspaper@gmail.com/ francoeko@gmail.com
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