Liberia’s Gbovadeh Gbilia was elected overwhelmingly along with representatives from Pakistan, Qatar and Jamaica as Chairman, Vice-Chair and Rapporteur, respectivelyParis, France – Liberia has been elected as Vice-Chair of the Bureau of Education Commission at the United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the next two years. Liberia’s Gbovadeh Gbilia was elected overwhelmingly along with representatives from Pakistan, Qatar and Jamaica as Chairman, Vice-Chair and Rapporteur respectively. Mr. Gbovadeh serves currently as Head of the Education Delivery Unit at the Ministry of Education of Liberia. In his new role, as Vice-Chair of the UNESCO Education Commission, Mr. Gbilia will work in tandem with the Chairman from Pakistan to lead the Education Commission on Education related issues such as; preparation of a medium-term strategy accompanied by programs and a budget and adult literacy. He served as Deputy Education Minister of Education in the past government, where he served as chair of the Education Sector Development Committee and was responsible for coordinating all donor-funded projects.

Source: Front Page Africa November 26, 2019 09:11 UTC