52,133 candidates participate in TVET exams
A total of 52,133 final-year technical, vocational and training (TVET) students are participating in the 2024 Certificate II Examinations across the country. The figure represents an increase of 19,731 (60.89 per cent) over last year’s 32,402. This year’s candidates are made up of 37,558 males and 14,575 females. The examinations, which began on July 1, 2024, […]
John Mahama meets with Teacher Unions; promises to de-collateralize and de-cap GET-Fund
NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama is promising to de-collateralize and de-cap the GETFund to enable it to effectively perform its mandate. He said GETFund has not only been collateralized but it has also been capped thereby crippling it from adequately executing the purpose for which the fund was set up. Responding to issues in the […]
More than 400,000 BECE candidates placed automatically in first choice SHSs
The 2023 Computerised School Selection and Placement System, CSSPS, into Senior High Schools (SHSs) and Technical and Vocational Education and Training Schools (TVET) has been released. A statement from the Ghana Education Service says out of the total number of 598,839 results received from WAEC, 585,797 candidates qualified to be placed. The GES states a […]
FOSDA pushes for uniformed TVET education in ECOWAS sub-region to end unemployment
By Rachel Kakraba Executive Director, Foundation for Security Development in Africa (FOSDA), Theodora William Anti, says despite huge investment in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), in Ghana, it is one of the sectors confronted with infrastructure challenges. The situation, she said, is the reason many people, especially the youth, do not choose TVET […]
