Mission & Vision of BefAcademy

BefAcademy

 INSTITUTE OF LANGUAGES, ARTS AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES

(BEF-VTI)

Bef Vocational Training Institute (BEF-VTI) or BefAcdemy is a professional training institute hosted by the Bonteh Education Foundation (BEF).

The fundamental purpose of BefAcdemy is to train young Cameroonians for the duties and responsibilities of professional life and to help place them in positions which hold ample opportunities for career advancement. The Institute attempts to instill in trainees the desire to take initiatives in directing their professional lives and the ability to adapt effectively to the challenges and demands of the local and international job markets. Our aim is to equip Cameroonians of all ages, irrespective of their academic profile, with the resources, curriculum, and competencies that stimulate and prepare them for success in well-defined fields of employment and eventually for job creation.

This project falls within the framework of the national campaign for poverty alleviation pursued by the state through the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training (MINEFOP).

 As a professional studies Institute, the  Institute of Languages, Arts and Professional Studies (BefAcdemy), is committed in the following:

• Training all categories of learners for a specific career or trade. Our professional training programs focus on practical applications of skills learned, and is generally unconcerned with theory or traditional academic skills. A large part of the program is hands-on training. We thus provide a link between education and the working world.
• To train our trainees in such a way that if they are unable to pick up jobs in already existing institutions, they would be able to create their own jobs. We want to tell Cameroonians that Professional studies are the only thing that can take the country out of poverty and unemployment.
• Inspiring trainees’ interest in new information and communication technologies.
• Instilling in trainees a sense of self worth and maximizing their competence in the different professional fields.
• Creating individualized programs to facilitate a targeted, personalized approach to education while stimulating trainees’ appreciation for learning.
• Transforming instructional practices, offering initiatives that support personalized learning, school culture, professional development and extended learning opportunities for all categories of Cameroonians.

In what concerns the different fields of training in the institute, we target and lay great emphasis on fields that are still very less explored in the Cameroonian socio-economic setup, notably: the domains of performing arts and the cinematographic industry, Media and the study and development of Modern ICTs, Engineering and special Education. Our graduates, equipped with all these respective competences will find it very easy to integrate the job market and even become job creators for their peers.

BefAcdemyalso has a huge inclination for Languages; national and international. Mindful of the importance of the latter in social, cultural and economic development, we provide specialized language courses that prepare trainees for an easy integration at home and abroad. BefAcdemy also actively participates in the state’s vision for an effective national bilingualism through the promotion of the Special Bilingual Education Program (SBEP).