The Africa Education Watch has commended government on its launch of the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service, an initiative which is aimed at providing a facelift to TVET education in the country.

Contained in a statement, it revealed that the setting up of TVET Service will complement and reinforce government’s delivery of TVET service.

Eduwatch expressed support for reforms to the TVET, acknowledging that it will provide “opportunities for a much more harmonised governance and improved management and delivery of TVET service which is key to ensuring the successful implementation of the Government of Ghana’s Free TVET Programme”. It explained that the launch of the Service is timely, as it will enhance efficiency and accountability in TVET delivery.

“Eduwatch commends the Government of Ghana for launching the Ghana TVET Service, a body responsible for managing the delivery of TVET in the country, as mandated by the Pre-Tertiary Education Act. The setting up of the TVET Service will harmonize and strengthen the governance, management and delivery of TVET in Ghana, a departure from the previous arrangement where over 200 TVET institutions were scattered under various Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, creating an amorphous and incongruous governance system which affected effectiveness, efficiency and accountability in TVET service delivery”.
Africa Education Watch

Eduwatch urged the government to make all relevant materials available to ensure the full operationalisation of the Ghana TVET Service.

“It is our expectation that the transitional arrangements, institutional governance systems, logistics, human and financial resources required to fully operationalise the Ghana TVET Service at the national and regional levels are prioritised to ensure a successful TVET reform in Ghana.”
Africa Education Watch

TVET, mainstay for country’s industralization drive

The TVET Service is expected to be the mainstay for the country’s industrialisation drive and will offer a wide range of programmes that will harness career pathways for the Ghanaian youth.

Speaking at the launch of the Service at the Accra Technical Training Centre (ATTC) on Tuesday, December 14, Dr. Bawumia indicated that all the TVET institutions will operate under one umbrella to yield a significant boost to the sector.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia explained that it is government’s decision to establish the first-ever second cycle TVET Applied Technology High School in the country. He expressed that this would play a significant role in promoting the government’s TVET agenda.

“We’re going to establish the first-ever second cycle TVET Applied Technology High School across the country. The programmes to be offered at the Applied Technology High School will be designed as career-based technical education which integrates career and technical education with a rigorous academic core and industry participation”.
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia

The Vice President revealed that due to the shift to skills, President Akufo-Addo and government have made efforts to engage both human capital and technology as a way of transformation.

Providing a backdrop to the establishment of the TVET Service, the Vice President revealed that prior to January 2017, government was confronted with challenges such as the “poor perception of TVET”, multiplicity of standards, testing and certification system and an informal TVET system. This, he explained, had been neglected and detached from the formal sector which affected the quality of TVET delivery.