RSSDA,UK College Plan Craft Dev For Rivers Youth

The Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency (RSSDA) has signed an agreement with a foremost United Kingdom vocational institution, Highbury College, Portsmouth, for the vocational training of Rivers youths at the Workmanship and Technical Training College, Bori.

The Workmanship and Technical Training College located at the  premises of the Rivers State Polytechnic, Bori would admit first set of students in  April 2012.

During the signing ceremony which took place at Highbury College Portsmouth in the United Kingdom, the executive director of the Rivers State Sustainable Development Agency, Mr Noble Pepple said  that the arrangement is designed to expose students of the centre to the highest standards of practical approach to vocational training.

Pepple described Highbury College as a world class provider of technical training, adding  that the agency is delighted to have such partnership.

“Clearly, Highbury College is a world class provider of technical training and we are delighted to have such a well established partner on board.

“We are confident that with Highbury’s expertise in education we can deliver our vision to make Rivers State a self sufficient and sustainable economy,” he said.

The principal and chief executive officer of Highbury College, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, Mrs Stella Mbaegbu described the partnership as a recognition of the importance of her college in the provision of technical training across the world.

“Its fantastic that of all the institutions in the world, RSSDA has recognised Highbury as being the outstanding provider of technical training”.

“We hoper that we can share some of the good practices that have made Highbury the number one college in the United Kingdom for students success”, she said.