President Nana Addo has reiterated government’s commitment to construct 20 modern TVET institutions across the country, as well as upgrading existing ones.
President Akufo-Addo made this known, when he delivered a speech at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Ho Technical University.
President Akufo-Addo also assured the University, and all other Colleges of Education of government’s commitment towards the implementation of policies that will enhance the capacity of graduates from the country’s tertiary institutions, to contribute to Ghana’s socio-economic transformation.
“Government is fully aware of the infrastructural needs of our Technical Universities. Efforts have been made at supplying demonstration laboratories for engineering students in some of the Technical Universities, including Ho Technical University, by Amatrol. The Ministry of Education is taking steps to providing similar laboratories to the rest of the Technical Universities,” the President said.
Government’s strategy, he said, is to expand technical and vocational opportunities at both secondary and tertiary levels, and thereby strengthen the linkages between education and industry, as well as empower young people to deploy their skills, to employ themselves and others.
To this end, Government has aligned and brought all public TVET institutions in the country under the direct supervision of the Ministry of Education to streamline their curricula, and improve the co-ordination of their training, with the Deputy Minister for Education, Barbara Asher Ayisi, Member of Parliament for Cape Coast North, now specifically responsible for technical and vocational education.
“The 5-year Strategic Plan for TVET, approved by Cabinet, has set out certain structural reforms, such as setting up a TVET Service and TVET Council, and dedicating a whole division of the education service to the management of technical and vocational education, with its own Director General,” he added.
Nana Addo commends renaming of Ho Technical University
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo also commended the decision by the Governing Council of the Ho Technical University to rename the institution after the great Ghanaian cultural icon, Dr. Ephraim Amu.
According to President Akufo-Addo, once the parliamentary process has been completed, the University will, thereafter, be called the Ephraim Amu Technical University, Ho.
“It is wholly fitting that this great, modest man, composer of what easily passes for our unofficial national anthem, Yen Ara Asase Ne, should be properly honoured by a grateful posterity, and, especially, by citizens of his native Volta Region,” the President said.
It will be recalled that on 27th February, 2018, the Governing Council of the University, in a letter to the Minister for Education, Hon. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, stated, among others, that “Dr. Ephraim Amu’s contributions to society and national development have been acknowledged and acclaimed worldwide.”
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Source: citinewsroom.com
