The CTVET Boss flanked by his deputies addressing the media
GOVERNMENT, THROUGH the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), has rolled out a programme under the Ghana Jobs and Skills Project to provide free training for 50,000 master craftsmen and apprentices, to upgrade their skills between now and 2026 across the country.
The Ghana Jobs and Skills Project (GJSP) is being supported by the International Development Association of the World Bank, aimed at supporting skills development and job creation.
The project has five components and is estimated to cost $200 million.
The implementing agencies are the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, CTVET, Ghana Enterprises Agency and the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation.
Director-General of CTVET, Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, who announced this at a media engagement recently, explained that this is in addition to the 18,000 master craftswomen who have so far benefitted from the initiative, known as the Ghana TVET Voucher Project (GTVP), being executed under the Ghanaian-German Financial Cooperation.
Dr Asamoah outlined the role of CTVET in the TVET space, the current status of the 5-year TVET strategic plan being implemented by the commission, as well as the massive infrastructure upgrade taking place in the various TVET institutions.
He explained that “It is for free, and already we are talking about 18,000, and the next phase is about 50,000,” adding that GTVP is a project under the Ghanaian-German Financial Cooperation, co-financed by the Government of Ghana (GoG) and BMZ through KFW.
He said the GTVP was being implemented aside from the formal TVET training being carried out in the technical universities, adding that the programme catered for people who had completed grammar school and wanted to venture into TVET.
The CTVET boss was of the view that the ultimate aim of the TVET transformational agenda was to create jobs and provide the support industry needed.
BY Daniel Bampoe