Kpando (V/R), Nov. 29, -
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said government is working around the
clock to make the country a world-class centre for skills development.
He said in that regard, a
Technical, Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service would soon be created
in a way of restructuring the educational system towards standardizing the nation’s
human resources.
President Akufo-Addo who said
this in a speech read on his behalf at the 60th Anniversary celebration of
Kpando Technical Institute, on the theme “Technical, Vocational Education and
Training (TVET), a Response to the Challenge of Youth Unemployment and Skills
for Industrialization”, said a strategic policy document to turn the TVET
Council into a Service was before
Cabinet for approval.
He said the Ministry of Education
together with the Ministry for Science and Technology were working on a refined
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) cluster of courses into
the educational stream from the basic level, and also the TVET at all levels.
Mr Isaac Newton Bimpeh, Principal
of the Institution, said the School had grown from 70 students on four courses
when it was established in 1956, into an Institution equipping thousands with industry-standard
skills.
He said the Institution was a
support facility to industries in the area, and would soon be synonymous with
the fabrication of metallic artefacts, courtesy a Development of Skills and
Industry Project, being funded by the African Development Bank.
Mr Bimpeh said key among
challenges facing the School were shortage of critical staff, obsolete machines
at the workshops, limited dinning and library space for the 1,500 students,
staff accommodation, bad road networks, and unavailability of a science laboratory.
GNA
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