TVET isn't a reserve for the academically dumb - Director

Gabriel Gyamfi, the Bono Regional Director of the Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET), dismissed the perception that TVET education is a reserve for the academically dumb. Instead, he said TVET held the key to addressing unemployment and advancing the nation's industrialization, urging families to encourage their children and wards to opt for TVET. He said that the nation's TVET education was going through reforms, focusing on providing academic-industry opportunities for students.

The Social Investment Fund handed over the site for the construction of an ultra-modern Climate Resilient Center at the Nsoatre Technical and Vocational Institute (NVTI) in the Sunyani West Municipality of the region to the contractor. The Accra-based TRACEF Construction and Engineering Limited is executing the GHC6.5 million center, expected to be completed within 12 months. The centre, designed to focus on wood technology, fashion design, and digital skills, will be furnished with modern equipment. The project is under the 'Rebuilding Youth and Women's Livelihoods through Entrepreneurship and Employment Creation' component of the Post COVID-19 Skills Development and Productivity Enhancement Project (PSDPEP). In June 2022, the Government of Ghana signed a five-year (2022-2027) agreement with the African Development Bank (AfDB) to implement the (PSDPEP). The project is financed through a grant facility of US$28.5 million. Mr Gyamfi explained that the government had given financial clearance for the employment of more TVET tutors this year.

Mr MacDonald Acquah, the Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist, handed over the site on behalf of Mr Abass Adams-Nurudeen, the Chief Executive Officer of the SIF, to the contractor. He said similar projects were being put up at the Otaakrom Technical Institute in the Atwima Mponua