Ghana signs agreement with Germany for support to TVET

Ghana signed on Monday an agreement with Germany regarding support for the development of skills of its young people in the field of technical, vocational and educational training (TVET).

As part of this agreement, Germany will help Ghana establish vocational training centers with state-of-the-art training facilities and accredit vocational education and training institutions at the higher education level with credible certification. .

Germany will also facilitate and badist Ghana to collaborate with institutions with relevant trainers to improve the skills and knowledge of Ghanaian TVET trainers.

Mathew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education, who signed the agreement on behalf of the government, said that although Ghana had exported gold for many years in many parts of the world It was unfortunate that he did not own any jewelery-making factory.

Ghana, he said, is known around the world for its quality cocoa and chocolate with no chocolate production plants. All of these, he said, are due to the lower growth of industrialization, which has made it difficult to modernize the country's economy.

It is for this reason that the government has launched the program "A district, a factory" to provide practical jobs to young people.

Dr. Prempeh explained that one of the negative effects of the lower growth of industrialization was the rural exodus, a situation that made it difficult for the state to control its problems. waste disposal without discrimination and managing waste recycling.

Young people, he said, need improved vocational training to support various sectors of the economy, including the automotive and construction industries.

"We have to be serious with our skills and our training in entrepreneurship and we need the help of German. Ghana Beyond Aid never means that we live beyond help, it simply means that we put in place measures to not stay on the helper forever, "he said.

The minister called on Germany to evaluate and consider a short and long-term plan to help Ghana improve its skills.

Ms Anja Karliczek, German Federal Minister for Education and Research, badured her country's willingness to support Africa, particularly Ghana, in the development of its economy.

"We want to help Africa stabilize its economy and Ghana is no exception," she said.

The desire to support Africa, she said, is due to the fact that Germany is convinced that technical and vocational training brings out the creativity of young people with practical training to develop their economy.

Source: GNA