Government urged to focus on revamping technical, vocational institutions

Management of the National Community Development Vocational and Technical Institute (NCDVTI) at Madina in the La-Nkwantanang Municipality in Accra, has urged the government to focus on revamping technical and vocational institutions in the country as a means of reducing unemployment in the country.

The NCDVTI management said the request had become necessary because the institutions trained students to become creative and self-employed.

According to the Principal of the NCDVTI, Mrs Rachel O Kpelle, “before students graduate from any technical or vocational institution, they would have acquired skills that make it possible for them to become self-employed and not rely on anybody for jobs”.

“Management, therefore, entreats the government to pay serious attention to technical and vocational education in order that unemployment in the country is reduced,” she said.

NCDVTI 43rd graduation at Madina

Mrs Kpelle made the appeal at the 43rd Graduation and Speech and Prize-giving Day of the NCDVTI last Saturday.

The occasion was on the theme: “Technical Vocational Training; the Way Forward for National Economic Development.”

Graduates 

Forty-seven graduates were awarded certificates by the National Board of Professional and Technical Exams (NABPTEX) and the Technical Education Unit (TEU). The students had undergone three years of study in technical and vocational courses including Catering and Hospitality Management, Fashion Design, Cosmetology, Textile Decoration, Needlework and Craft.

The graduates were urged to serve as ambassadors of the institution and contribute to national development.

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Mindset

Mrs Kpelle, while speaking on the state of technical and vocational education in the country, bemoaned the negative mindset of the public regarding technical and vocational education.

She said the widely held perception that technical and vocational institutions were for academically weak students was incorrect because it was based on ignorance.

Mrs Kpelle has, under the circumstances, called for a change of mindset and has urged parents and guardians to get their children and wards enrolled into technical and vocational schools.

“Let us get the youth into these schools that create self-employment avenues so that in the long run, they would become capable of contributing significantly to the economic development of the nation,” she said.

Set up business 

For her part, a Deputy Director of the Department of Community Development, Ms Rebecca Ampa-Korsah, suggested to the graduates to set up their own businesses.

She said with the skills they had acquired, they did not need anyone to employ them and did not also need to join unemployed graduate associations in the country.