President Nana Akufo-Addo will today, Wednesday, 8th December 2021 launch Technical and Vocational Schools into the Free Senior High School program, in addition to the 47 already on it.
The Ministry of Education has said 139 Technical and Vocational Schools will benefit from the free education policy and will get students through the Computerized School Selection Placement System.
This is aimed at expanding the scope of Technical and Vocational Training and making it more accessible for pupils to enroll.
In recognition of the important role of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the country’s industrialization agenda, the Ministry issued 2,794 Master Craft Persons and Apprentices vouchers to access formal training.
The training led to the award of a National TVET Qualification Framework (NTVETQF) under the Ghana TVET Voucher Project (GTVP). In addition, 2,446 Competency-Based Training learners received NTVETQF certification.
Under Section 55 of the Pre-Tertiary Education Act, 2020 (Act 1049), the Ministry established a TVET Service to manage, oversee and implement approved national policies and programs.
In 2022, the Ministry will expand the Free SHS Programme to cover all first-year students in public TVET Institutes as provided for under the Act.
In 2022, the Ministry is expected to continue with the implementation of the various reforms and projects in the TVET sector, including the rehabilitation and upgrading of technical universities, upgrading and modernization of the erstwhile 34 NVTI centers, retooling of TVET Institutes, and establishing 10 State-of-the-Art TVET Institutes.
In 2021, the Ministry continued the construction of nine Model Senior High Schools across the country. The status of completion as of September 2021 ranges from 32 percent in Kwadaso to 95 percent in Koase Senior High Technical School. In 2022, the Ministry will complete these model schools.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
