The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (GTVET) have pledged to empower youth in mining communities with practical skills to combat illegal mining.
By providing hands-on training according to GTVET, it aims to offer an alternative livelihood to those involved in illicit mining, ultimately curbing the menace.
In an interview with Citi News at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Conference of Managers of Education Units (COMEU), GTVET’s Director General, David Prah, hinted at plans to collaborate with COMEU and the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to equip youth in mining communities with employable skills to curb illegal mining.
“The illegal mining has become a menace in the annals of this country. And so we as Ghana TVET Service Management believe that when the citizens and then the inhabitants of these communities where galamsey is predominant are given the skills, the technical and vocational skills in various trade areas or all the required areas, for example, fashion, catering and hospitality, construction, and other trade areas.
“We believe that these skills will let them gain employment as early as possible. And so if the individual is in employment, that person will not go and do galamsey.
“So we believe that as a service, we want to partner with COMEU and then Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources to fashion out programmes in these communities where galamsey has become a menace.”
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