By Jesse Ampah Owusu
Accra, Nov. 2, GNA – The Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Design and Technology Institute to transform and strengthen Ghana’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ecosystem.
The partnership seeks to improve the quality, relevance and outcomes of TVET delivery, training and employability.
The MoU was signed by the leadership of the two institutions at the CTVET premises in Accra on Monday.
It follows engagements between the two institutions earlier this year on the need for a strategic partnership to improve the sector.
Mr Zakaria Sulemana, the Director-General of CTVET, said the agreement would strengthen institutional and human capacity across public and private TVET institutions.
He said it would also align training with national development priorities, industry needs and international labour market demands, while supporting the development and operation of national TVET systems, frameworks and digital infrastructure.
“We will promote globally benchmarked skills, standards, technologies and training methods; build ethical and structured pathways for skilled and certified Ghanaian youth to take up opportunities abroad; and develop and jointly deliver programmes and projects in priority areas,” he said.
Mr Sulemana said CTVET, as the regulator, would provide policy leadership, strategic direction, regulatory oversight and national coordination for activities undertaken under the agreement.
Ms Constance Elizabeth Swaniker, Founder and President of DTI, said the partnership was founded on the conviction that Government and the private sector could achieve more through collaboration than either could accomplish independently.
She said DTI would contribute industry expertise, proven delivery models and technical implementation capacity to complement CTVET’s regulatory role.
“Together, we will build the capacity of trainers, assessors, standards generators and institutional leaders; extend the Precision Quality framework across the TVET landscape; and contribute to the National Human Capital Development Policy and the national qualifications frameworks,” Ms Swaniker said.
“We will also support the Skills Development Management System and the Labour Market Information System to ensure that training responds to evidence of the economy’s needs.”
She pledged to establish the DTI Pan-Africa TVET Trainer Academy at Berekuso; and create structured, ethical pathways for certified Ghanaian youth into global labour markets.
GNA
Edited by Agnes Boye-Doe
Reporter: Jesse Ampah Owusu [email protected]