{"id":10892,"date":"2018-08-27T03:52:31","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T03:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=10892"},"modified":"2018-08-27T03:52:31","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T03:52:31","slug":"govt-to-construct-20-tvet-centres-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=10892","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t to construct 20 TVET centres nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Nana Addo has reiterated government\u2019s commitment to construct 20 modern TVET institutions across the country, as well as upgrading existing ones.<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo made this known, when he delivered a speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Ho Technical University.<\/p>\n

President Akufo-Addo also assured the University, and all other Colleges of Education of government\u2019s commitment towards the implementation of policies that will enhance the capacity of graduates from the country\u2019s tertiary institutions, to contribute to Ghana\u2019s socio-economic transformation.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernment is fully aware of the infrastructural needs of our Technical Universities. Efforts have been made at supplying demonstration laboratories for engineering students in some of the Technical Universities, including Ho Technical University, by Amatrol.\u00a0 The Ministry of Education is taking steps to providing similar laboratories to the rest of the Technical Universities,\u201d the President said.<\/p>\n

Government\u2019s strategy, he said, is to expand technical and vocational opportunities at both secondary and tertiary levels, and thereby strengthen the linkages between education and industry, as well as empower young people to deploy their skills, to employ themselves and others.<\/p>\n

To this end, Government has aligned and brought all public TVET institutions in the country under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education to streamline their curricula, and improve the co-ordination of their training, with the Deputy Minister for Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North, now specifically responsible for technical and vocational education.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe 5-year Strategic Plan for TVET, approved by Cabinet, has set out certain structural reforms, such as setting up a TVET Service and TVET Council, and dedicating a whole division of the education service to the management of technical and vocational education, with its own Director General,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n