To attract young ladies to the nation, the government is actively pushing measures to make technical and vocational education and training (TVET) simple and attractive.
It came after six years of consistent STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) funding and integration into the nation's educational system.
By these government initiatives, women now find it easier to enter traditionally male-dominated fields including carpentry, auto mechanical engineering, building, and welding.
Speaking at the third Women in TVET conference in Accra, Deputy Minister of Education Gifty Twum Ampofo stated that women were once discouraged from entering TVET-related fields because they were thought to need physical bodily participation and strength.
"STEM involvement has shifted the status quo to provide women the option to take up TVET programmes like construction, welding, auto mechanical engineering, and carpentry," she added.
The conference this year focused on how technology may promote gender equality in technical and vocational education and training under the topic "DigitAll: Innovation and technology for gender equality."
With assistance from the World University Services (WUSC) under the INVEST Project, the conference was put on by the Commission for Technical and Vocational Educational Training (CTVET) in coordination with the Ministry of Education (MoE).
It gave the commission the chance to introduce the industry attachment instructions and trade profiles.
important part
Technical and vocational education has a vital role to play in supplying the skills and competences necessary to foster innovation and productivity, according to CTVET Director-General Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah.
He said that the Commission for TVET had been given the authority to oversee, promote, and control TVET for the nation's transformation and innovative growth.
He claimed that when women took use of chances provided by TVET, the commission and its partners aimed to promote or highlight their skills.
He said, "Women perform remarkably well when they pursue possibilities in TVET, especially in fields where males predominate."
The contribution of Canada
According to Louise Paris, the Deputy Director of Operations at the Canadian High Commission in Ghana, Canada has been helping to strengthen TVET in Ghana ever since it became independent.
She said that this has changed to include training in skills and economic empowerment for women, as well as complementing business skills for young women with an entrepreneurial spirit.
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