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Asantehene reiterates need for more investments in TVET education
Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has reiterated the need for the country to invest more in skills training and development. He said technical and vocational education and training (TVET) remains critical to empower the informal sector and enhance Ghana’s economy. The Asantehene made the call during a courtesy call on him by the Council of […]
Promotion Of Technical Education: Tvet Ambassadors Visit Schools In Accra
As part of activities aimed at encouraging students and the general public especially parents on the need to choose technical and vocational schools, the Ambassadors for Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) have begun a campaign of visiting students in the Junior High Schools in order to sensitize them on the importance […]
Core Maths, Integrated Science to be excluded as core subjects for some courses – Dr. Adutwum
Education Minister, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum has said Integrated Science and Core Mathematics would soon be excluded as core subjects for students pursuing Science and other courses in Senior High Schools (SHS). The Minister says the composition of Integrated Science and Core Maths are being studied in detail by some students due to their elective […]
Gov’t to establish skills training agency
The government is set to create an agency for skills training known as the Technical and Vocational Education Services (TVES) as part of efforts to revamp the mainstream technical and vocational education and training (TVET). The Director-General of the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, who disclosed this […]
First Lady donates working tools to artisans
First Lady of the Republic, Mrs. Rebecca Naa Okaikor Akufo-Addo has presented working tools to some selected artisans, at her Ridge Office in Accra.The working tools will assist the artisans enhance their service delivery in their respective technical and vocational endeavours to improve their economic well-being.The tools which include sewing machines and other dressmaking equipment […]
British Council, CTVET hold workshop on implementation of National Apprenticeship Policy
The British Council, in collaboration with Commission for Technical and Vocational Education Training (CTVET), Wednesday, March 24, 2021, held a workshop on the implementation of Ghana’s first National Apprenticeship Policy. The over five hours workshop, which took place at the British Council office in Accra, saw key people analyse the draft policy ahead of its […]
Ghana targets a 40 percent increase in enrollment in Tertiary Education by 2030
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says his administration is targeting a 40 percent increase in enrollment of students into Tertiary Education. He said 64 years after independence, the country still did not have the critical mass of tertiary education graduates that was required for its socio-economic transformation. There was, therefore, the need to introduce measures […]
TVET: Solution to youth unemployment
The current Free Senior High School (Free SHS) confirms the belief that the development of the individual, and for that matter the nation, rests squarely on a highly literate society. Therefore, any form of education deserves critical attention. However, investment and injection of funding have gone into grammar education to the neglect of Technical and […]
Jobs and skills project to be implemented this year – Akufo-Addo
In line with his government’s commitment to addressing the issue of youth unemployment through Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), President Akufo-Addo has disclosed that his government will commence the implementation of the Ghana Jobs and Skills project this year. This project seeks to expedite the development of competency-based training curricula on the National […]
Government focused on creating enabling environment for businesses to thrive
Director of Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has reiterated Government’s commitment to the creation of an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.Mr Asamoah was speaking on Thursday during the launch of the Precision Quality Training Programme (PQ) to equip artisans with the requisite knowledge and skills to meet […]