By
Kodjo Adams, GNA
Accra, Oct. 21, GNA
– The Youth Employment Agency (YEA) in collaboration with the Ghana Education
Service (GES) will employ 7,730 non-teaching staff to be deployed to all the
Senior High Schools across the country.
The initiative,
which will provide jobs for security Assistants and kitchen assistants, is part
of the Agency’s School Support Programme to create jobs for the unemployed
youth.
The programme is a
two year project aimed at providing a healthy and safe environment school
setting to deliver excellent academic performance.
The programme is
financed by GetFund and would run as a sub project under the Youth in Community
Improvement Module, as established in the YEA Regulation LI 2231.
This was announced
by Prof Kwasi Opoku Amankwah, the Director General, GES, at the signing of a
Memorandum of Understanding between the Service and the YEA.
Prof Amankwah signed
for the GES while Mr Justice Kodua Frimpong, the Chief Executive Officer, YEA
signed on behalf of the Agency.
He said the
initiative was an integral part of the School’s Operational Teams, to assist in
the implementation of its activities in compliance with the GES standards and
protocols.
He said the
programme was to engage the unemployed youth in the various districts to
provide security and excellent nutritional services for staff and students.
Prof Amankwah said
government had deployed 14,000 teaching and non-teaching staff under the NABCO
programme to work in the educational sector, as a measure to address the gaps
in the sector.
He announced that
government would soon employ over 14,000 teachers who have completed their
national service from the Colleges of Education at the various schools in the
country.
He urged the youth
to take advantage of government programmes to be engaged and be productive in
their endeavours.
Mr Frimpong of the
YEA said by Thursday October 24, 2019, the positions would be advertised in the
dailies, adding that, the programme would augment the strength of the current
security and pantry staff of the various schools.
He urged the youth
to visit the YEA centre for job opportunities.
GNA
