The first Director-General of the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service, Mrs. Mawusi N. Awity, has pledged that her outfit will commit to meeting the needs of the youth and ensure the acquisition of skills by the youth and the elderly to enable them to create jobs and help move our beloved Ghana forward.
She said the Government’s determination to make Technical and Vocational Education a priority is laudable and must be welcome by all Ghanaians, especially the Youth.
Mrs. Mawusi N. Awity said this at the launch in Accra of the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service by the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
The TVET Institutions were under the umbrella bodies such as Ghana Education Service’s Technical and Vocational Education Division (GES-TVED); National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI); Opportunities Industrialization Centre Ghana (OICG); Gender, Children and Social Protection; Ghana Regional Appropriate Technology Industrial Service (GRATIS); Community Development Vocational Institutes (CDVI); Youth Leadership and Skills Training Institutes (YLSTI), Social Welfare Training Institutes, Farm Institutes and Technology Solution Centres; and the Integrated Community Centres for Employable Skills (ICCES).
The first Director-General for TVET, Mawusi Nudekor Awity is an experienced Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) expert, social-entrepreneur, small business development expert, women, and youth vocational and entrepreneurial capacity developer.
She is a promoter of self-employment and an advocate for women’s rights. Awity has over 22 years of experience in entrepreneurial and vocational training to enable the youth to acquire relevant skills for livelihood, much specifically young women in non-traditional trade areas.
Currently, Awity is the executive director of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI). Before her appointment, she was actively involved in social and gender development as the executive director of the Network of Women in Growth (NEWIG), Ghana, a non-governmental organization (NGO) she founded.
She holds a Master in Fine Arts (MFA), University of Ghana, Legon, and a certificate in livelihoods and markets from Coady International Institute, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Canada. Certificate in Vocational School Management from ILO Centre, Turin Italy.
Awity’s particular areas of expertise include vocational skills training, small business development, theatre arts (Theatre in Development), gender advocacy, people skills development, and self-development. She has competencies in project management, counseling, resource mobilization, crisis management, and the ability to supervise and motivate people at all levels.
She has many recognitions and awards for her credits. Some significant ones are; Best in the Vocational Sector for the 8th Business Executive Excellence 2021 Award; National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) 2021 Award in recognition of outstanding contribution to the Youth and Students development; 7th Best Performing CEO in Ghana (2019); MTN 2019 Heroes of Change Award; Leading innovative Women Honorary Award (2013) by the Global Women Innovative Network, UK and Government of Ghana; Recognition of Outstanding Service to Mankind and Womanhood, by Methodist University College, Ghana (2013); Honorary Certificate (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2016).
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Kofi Atakora
