By: Anita Kwapong
In a bid to ensure that Government’s policy on Technical Vocational Education and Training, TVET, rakes in lasting and landmark legacies for the benefit of posterity, the Government intends to collaborate with professional groups, Associations and bodies with expertise in science, technology and vocational education to successfully prosecute an agenda for expanded and improved TVET in the country.
In this regard, Government has considered the Ghana Science Association as one of the leading institutions in the country with a great potential to drive for improving TVET nationwide.
Speaking at the 18th Biennial Workshop of the Ghana Science Association held in Koforidua in the Eastern Region, the Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei-Adutwum said the massive investment in TVET is to equip the youth to prepare adequately for the job market.
The President of the Ghana Science Association, Dr Michael Osae, linking science to TVET, outlined the focus of the Association to improve upon TVET with their expertise to deliver in the training of the youth in that capacity.
A TVET Consultant, Dr Stephen Turkson, asked for properly trained Guidance and Counselling Officers to guide students at various schools to unearth the potentials of students to streamline with their skills and not to impose courses that will not benefit them in the future.
The workshop was on the theme, “Achieving Ghana beyond Aid; Positioning TVET to drive Ghana’s Industrialization in Post COVID era”.
There were exhibitions by students of St Paul’s Technical Institute, Koforidua Technical Institute and the Koforidua Technical University among others who displayed various engineering works and artifacts.
Awards were presented to four students who participated in Young Achievers Challenge Award whose articles were published in Everyday Science for Schools magazine.
