The British Council has demonstrated its support to skills development driven at boosting economic empowerment as it launched a £1,150,000 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) project called ‘TVET Toolbox’ in Tamale among the youths in the region.
According to Nii Doodo Dodoo, British Council Country Director, the project focuses on curriculum development, career development, and private sector engagement.
“It would maximize the impact of investments, particularly European investments, in selected Sub-Saharan countries to help improve local skills, build local partnerships, create more decent jobs and support local economic development.”
Nii .D. Dodoo
In addition, the project seeks to enhance decent work and inclusive growth by providing people with the knowledge, skills and competencies required for the job market, he noted.
On her part, Director-General of Ghana TVET Service, Mawusi Nudekor Awity said that the project would yield more returns than grammar education in both the secondary and tertiary levels if effectively implemented. This is because, it focuses on providing work-relevant hands-on skills.
In her submission, Madam Awity reiterated the government’s commitment to building the capacity of the youth with developmental skills to curb the unemployment rate in the country.
Also speaking at the project’s launch, Martha Brignone, Programme Officer for the Macro-economic and Trade section of the European Union in Ghana, stated that Ghana is one of eleven Sub-Saharan countries to benefit from the project, adding that the project interventions would enhance change at the systems level in each of the implementation countries across sub-Saharan Africa, South and East Asia, and Latin America.
Meanwhile, Hajia Hawa Musah, Northern Regional Director of Agriculture, applauded the British Government and the European Union for their support to salvage the plight of farmers to boost agricultural production.
She moreover called on farmers and other agricultural stakeholders to take advantage of the project to create business opportunities.
The ‘TVET Toolbox’ Project
The ‘TVET Toolbox’ project focuses on vocational education and training to enhance innovative skills development solutions that foster decent employment in line with government policy and commitment toward ensuring decent work in order to contribute to economic and social development.
The project, is a two-year project with support from the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and is to be implemented in Ghana as part of the European Union-funded VET Toolbox initiative.
It is designed to complement the scope of the Savannah Zone Agricultural Productivity Improvement (SAPIP) in the three regions in the North, namely: the Northern, Savannah, and North-East Regions.
A consortium of leading European agencies are responsible for implementing the project and they include: British Council, Enabel (Belgium), GIZ, LuxDev (Luxembourg), AFD (France), and Expertise France, focuses on curriculum development, career development, and private sector engagement.
As part of the project’s goals, people will be provided with the knowledge skills, and competencies required for the job market so as to enhance decent work and inclusive growth.
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