By Florence Afriyie Mensah
Kumasi, Sept. 1, GNA – The Design and Technology Institute (DTI) together with the Kumasi Technical Institute (KTI) have launched the Precision Quality Collaboration to strengthen Ghana’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and livelihoods landscape.
The collaboration is aimed at advancing shared precision quality at both institutions, while impacting relevant skills training.
Through the partnership the institutions will develop a competency-based curricular that can be integrated into the formal training pedagogy for learners to be facilitated and benefit from industry aligned skills.
The DTI on its part of the collaboration has retooled the Carpentry, Upholstery, Fashion Design, Welding and Fabrication Departments of KTI.
Ms Constance Swaniker, Founder and President of Design and Technology Institute, explained that the upgraded facilities would facilitate the integration of the precision quality curriculum and ethos into KTI’s academic environment, contributing to Ghana’s broader youth employability agenda.
These improvements, she assured, would expand access for KTI students, DTI Precision Quality Interns and learners from other institutions and unemployed youth in the surrounding communities.
Ms Swaniker noted that, KTI being one of the biggest pre-tertiary TVET institutions in Ghana, with over 4,000 students, there was pressure on assets, adding that, “as TVET institutions if you do not have assets the quality of teaching and learning is compromised”.
She believed the initiative grounded in global best practices, industry-aligned curricular, cutting-edge equipment, applied research entrepreneurship training among others, it sets a new national benchmark for innovation, skills development and workforce readiness in Ghana.
Mr Gabriel Kingsford Osei, Principal, Kumasi Technical Institute, expressed appreciation to the DTI for collaboration and retooling of the selected departments.
He pledged that the school would use the tools to train students for updated skills which could land them ready jobs in the industry.
The Principal said precision quality was not merely a concept but a commitment to doing things right the first time and at all times.
It was a mindset that valued consistency, discipline and continuous improvement which defined successful professionals and resilient institutions.
Learners would be empowered not only with technical expertise but also with confidence, communication and creativity to thrive in every environment they found themselves in, he assured.
Mr Osei urged students to embrace the opportunity with diligence and purpose to drive the transformation agenda.
GNA
Edited by Kwabia Owusu-Mensah/Christian Akorlie