The Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has cut the sod for work to begin on the construction of Phase One of 32 State of the Art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) facilities to be built across the country in to regulate, promote and administer technical and vocational education and training for transformation and innovation for sustainable development.

The 32 State of the Art Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) facilities in each Region will have two of such centres, further increasing access to technical and vocational education, as well as provide opportunities for skills acquisition and upgrading for practicing artisans in order to meet the country’s development needs, especially the demands of industry.

In Dr. Bawumia’s address at the launch on Monday, he said the construction of the facilities forms part of a broader government plan to make Ghana’s education system more responsive to industry needs.

“At the start of our administration in 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo set out a clear plan to industrialize Ghana and one of the key pillars of that agenda is to revamp and modernize TVET so that it becomes responsive to the needs of industry. Also hinged on this vision is the dream to make TVET aspirational among the youth,” he explained.

The project is expected to equip the youth with entrepreneurship skills; adopts the cooperative approach to skills training for the youth to create their own jobs; retrain current workers who have skill gaps; and imbue in master craftsmen the aptitude for productivity and credibility.

It will comprise the establishment of One (1) TVET Centre of Excellence, 16 Category A Centres and 15 Category B Centres. All these institutions will be provided with a variety of infrastructure which ranges from administration blocks, accommodation facilities, common areas, playing grounds, furniture, fittings and external works, tools and equipment’s for workshops, and ICT.