MTHE, NSTIC Reviews Nationally Funded Research and Innovation Projects

MTHE, NSTIC Reviews Nationally Funded Research and Innovation Projects
The Ministry of Technical and Higher Education (MTHE), in collaboration with the National Science, Technology and Innovation Council (NSTIC), has reviewed progress on five nationally funded research and innovation projects supported by the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACT), as the projects approach their final phase.
The review session, held at the Ministry, brought together senior officials, researchers and principal investigators to assess outcomes from projects implemented across universities and colleges in Sierra Leone over the past two years.
Opening the session, the Director of Science Education at MTHE, Fatmata Kaiwa, explained that the ACT grant was secured through NSTIC to support five research projects distributed across two main universities and other tertiary institutions, including a youth-led technology project. She noted that the initiative deliberately promoted youth participation in science and innovation, ensuring research is not limited to senior academic alone.