The government intends to construct a new five-year strategic plan and strategy for TVET reform, according to Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah, Director General of the Commission for Technical Vocational Education and Training (CTVET).
He stated that the new strategy (2023-2027) will consider the digitalization of the TVET system, as well as licensing and professionalization of TVET graduates.
Dr. Asamoah made the revelation while briefing the media in Accra on the Commission's plans and actions for the year.
In 2018, the government unveiled its first five-year strategy plan (2018-2022) to modernize TVET and strengthen ties between industry, TVET providers, and academics.
The government focused on five key policy objectives in the first strategic plan, including governance and management of TVET, equitable access and promotion of gender mainstreaming, quality assurance in TVET based on internationally accepted standards, a sustainable source of funding for TVET, and Greening TVET for environmental sustainability.
The government developed 14 strategies for implementing the five key policy objectives, which include the formation of sector skills bodies, the realignment of all TVET institutions under the Ministry of Education, the operationalization of the CTVET and TEVT Service, and the establishment of the Akenten Appiah Menkah University for Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development (AAMUSTED) to serve as an apex training institution for TVET training.
The remainder is to increase agricultural training, CTVET and TVET Service capacity, skills gap analysis and audit, TVET institution profile and requirements assessment, and implementation of the recognition of prior learning policy.
Others include the establishment of a new state-of-the-art TEVT institution, the effective implementation of the Competency Based Training Policy, the gradual adoption of a modified dual system, the establishment of a Ghana skills development fund to support TVET financing, and other cutting-edge initiatives.
Dr. Asamoah added that the government was trying to create a sustainable TVET finance mechanism through the development of the Ghana Skills Development Fund under the new policy (GSDF).
He stated that the Commission's main focus in 2023 will be to monitor the implementation of the redesigned dual TVET system.
He stated that as part of the Commission's regulatory authority, a monitoring system will be established through tracer studies at TVET institutions, particularly Technical Universities, and that the Commission was aiming to bridge innovation and learning in TVET.
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