Liberia, March 20 -- Gbarnga, Bong County - Beatrice Smith, 27, was

hopful that she would have graduated from the Bong County Technical College

(BCTC) in the year 2017 when she enrolled back in 2013.

With the prospect of being a fresh graduate, getting

a paid internship with either Phebe or C. B. Dunbar Hospitals - two of the

major health centers in the county - was her priority. That would have been her

first step into a career after obtaining a degree in nursing from the county's

major tertiary institution.

Now, her dream and aspiration has morphed into

frustration. She's worried that the college is just begun to offer Nursing

courses.

"It's depressing," decries Beatrice. "As a

student, who has spent four years at the colleg...