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General news for Friday, October 16, 2020
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
2020-10-16
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh is Minister of Education
Education Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has revealed that the PNP administration under the chairmanship of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has invested more than $ 700 million in the technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector since who took office in January 2017.
Dr. Prempeh made this revelation on Friday, October 16, 2020, when he delivered the keynote address as a guest speaker at the ‘TVET Expo 2020’, an event organized by the Council for Technical, Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) in the Movenpick. Hotel in Accra.
He stated that a total of 32 state-of-the-art TVET institutions (two per region) will be built at a cost of approximately $ 500 million in the 16 regions of Ghana. In addition to this, the government is also improving and modernizing all the National Professional Training Institutes (NVTI) and the Opportunities Industrialization Centers (OIC).
“The government is also building three casting and machining centers, work that is ongoing. Additional work includes upgrading 17 technical and professional institutes across the country and building an office complex to support the unit responsible for the TVET exam, ”said Dr. Prempeh.
He added that additional infrastructure and equipment is being provided at all technical universities to achieve quality delivery at the tertiary level with industry 4.0 standards.
The Expo includes a summary of the key reforms being carried out by the Ministry in the TVET sector through COTVET, as well as the launch of the TVET Ambassadors and Role Models, the digitization of the registration and accreditation system of COTVET and the Zonal Skills Contest.
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