Parliament approves 123m euro loan to improve vocational education

By:brightwebtv.com/ Martin awuku

Parliament has approved a 123 million euro loan facility to finance the upgrading of the vocational educational system in the country.
The project will see all 34 vocational training institutes in the country get a facelift to improve the training of the youth to gain employable skills.

Supporting the motion for the approval in Parliament, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu called for authorities in the educational sector to liaise properly with the Employment Ministry in a bid to deal with the challenge of unemployment.
“It is a good decision that government has harmonised technical and vocational education to be under the supervision of the Minister of Eduaction, but we are encouraging him to work with the Minister of Employment and Labour relations. Our schools still produce persons with no employable skills. Technical and vocational education offers an opportunity.”
Majority Leader, Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu believes the project will be of immense benefit to vocational education in the country.
“It is important that the Ministry of Education has assured control for the technical and vocational training institutioms. That is why I am happy that for this time, a colossal amount of Ghc 117 million is being procured to service vocational training institutions.
This is a useful beginning to this committment. This is a constitutional imperative; that is why I am that we are beginning this enterprise today. Let’s build on this to provide our youth with the neccesary skills they require.”
Meanwhile, supporting the motion for the approval, Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu called for authorities in the education sector to liaise properly with the employment ministry in a bid to deal with the challenge of unemployment.

“It is a good decision that government has harmonised technical and vocational education to be under the supervision of the Minister of Eduaction, but we are encouraging him to work with the Minister of Employment and Labour relations. Our schools still produce persons with no employable skills. Technical and vocational education offers an opportunity.”

Gov’t building TVET centres nationwide – Kwesi Yankah
The Minister of State in Charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah has reiterated the government’s decision to relaunch the Technical Vocational Education and Training [TVET] for the country.
According to him, an action plan on revamping TVET had been decided on at a conference in Koforidua is currently being implemented across all technical and vocational institutions in the country adding that government is also building two well-resourced technical-vocational institutions in each region.
“That is the point about our attempt to relaunch TVET to serve as a general policy. You may realize we did a whole conference in Koforidua where we came up with an action plan, and the action plan already is what Government has started in deciding to revitalize across the country, the vast number of technical and vocational institutions we have in the country. And then also build across the ten regions of Ghana two state of the art technical and vocational institutions in each region. This is something that is ongoing at the moment.”
President Akufo Addo promises free TVET education
Last year, President Akufo-Addo at the National Conference on Technical and Vocational Education, in Koforidua, in the Eastern Region, outlined the government’s strategic policy on Technical and Vocational Education and Training.
The President stressed that Government had decided to align and bring all public TVET institutions in the country under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education.
He also revealed that Deputy Minister of Education, Barbara Ayisi, will directly responsible for technical and Vocational training institutions at the ministry.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo also revealed his government would this year, 2018, extend the free Senior High School initiative to cover technical and vocational institutions in the country.
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By: citinewsroom.com | Ghana