Monday 20th January, 2020
By Benjamin Akoto, GNA
Kukurantumi (E/R), Jan. 20, GNA – The Deputy
Minister for Education in- charge of Technical and Vocational Education and
Training (TVET), Ms Gifty Twum-Ampofo has reiterated government’s commitment to
support and make TVET education more enviable and attractive in the educational
system.
She said government was developing policies,
strategies and legal frameworks to reform and strengthen TVET systems in the
country.
Ms Twum-Ampofo said this when she addressed
various students and school authorities as part of her inspection visit to some
TVET schools in the Eastern Region.
The visit was to enable her ascertain the
challenges faced by the schools, the way forward and possible interventions.
Ms Twum-Ampofo said government was investing
heavily in infrastructure for TVET institutions in various parts of the country
as well as establish a TVET Service Centre and provide free TVET.
She explained that all the initiatives were
meant to equip the youth with employable skills and expressed the belief that
this was the way to empower the younger generation.
The visit took the Minister to the St.
Paul’s Technical Institute in Kukurantumi, St. Mary’s Technical Institute in
Adeemra, Donkorkrom, St. Joseph’s Fisheries Technical Institute in Amankwakrom,
Agriculture Technical Institute and Abetifi Technical Institute.
GNA