The Ministry of Education has shown commitment to equipping Technical Universities across the country.
According to the Ministry, the government is looking up to the Technical Universities to provide a clear path to higher Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET).
Speaking at the 24th Matriculation Ceremony at the Koforidua Technical University in the Eastern Region over the weekend, Adwoa Van Vicker, the Director of Human Resource Management and Development at the Ministry said the government is relying on technical universities to provide technical support and human resources for government’s flagship programs.
“Government is keenly looking up to the technical universities to provide a clear path to higher Technical and Vocational Training (TVET) as a sure pathway to economic progress. As such, you and other technical institutions will be assisted in providing technical support as well as human resource for the ambitious One District, One Factory initiative,” she noted.
US$130 million to upgrade TVET
As part of efforts to upgrade the country’s Polytechnics, Technical and Vocational Training Centres to improve Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia launched the Ghana-China project recently.
On the back of this, the Chinese government allocated a US$130 million facility to the Ghanaian government for the upgrade of five technical universities as well as 10 technical institutes across the country.
The institutions are to see an upgrade in the construction of state of the art training workshops for mechanical engineering, automobile engineering, civil engineering, welding engineering among others
Meanwhile, the Education Minister, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, had earlier disclosed that the government is undertaking rehabilitation of almost half of all technical and vocational training institutions in the country.
The rehabilitation is to involve the Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service (GRATIS), and the Opportunities Industrialization Centres (OIC) to provide technological support for industries in the country.
“We mean business when we talk about revitalizing our Technical and Vocational Education and Training,” Dr. Prempeh said.
source: citinewsroom.com