COTVET holds validation workshop
The Deputy Minister of Education in charge of Tertiary Education, Mr Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has charged the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) to be dynamic and innovative in the coordination and implementation of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) policies.
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According to him, the lack of strategic plans had created gaps in the implementation and coordination of policies within the TVET and led to several unstructured initiatives which are not properly situated within the government’s priority.
Mr Ablakwa made the call at a national stakeholders’ validation workshop on the national TVET strategic plan at Ada.
Participants were drawn from Accra, Kumasi, Koforidua and Ada to share ideas and make inputs into what would become a national strategic plan that will guide the implementation, management, coordination and delivery of TVET.
The workshop, which was funded by the African Development Bank, brought together TVET institutions and practitioners, development partners and leaders of trade associations.
Funds for TVET plan
Mr Ablakwa said there had been strategic plans over the years which were not implemented due to lack of ownership and commitment.
He also said the government was working to raise funds through budgetary and some innovative funding mechanisms to ensure that the national TVET strategic plan was adequately resourced and implemented efficiently.
He was also optimistic that after COTVET’ had engaged consultants, developed a draft and elicited inputs from stakeholders nationwide, the outcome would not be discarded.
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Skill development vital
The Deputy Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Dr Bernice Heloo, who chaired the function, urged the youth to acquire skills to enable them to gain employment or become entrepreneurs.
She said the current youth unemployment was a reminder of how the lack of relevant and employable skills could affect the development of an economy.
Dr Heloo added that the MESTI, in partnership with the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Skills and Technology Development Project, was ready to help the youth develop their skills for industry.
She also expressed the hope that the experts in the skills sub-sector would finalise and adopt a national TVET strategic plan to pave the way for a more structured implementation of the skills training.