Tag: COTVET
Government focused on creating enabling environment for businesses to thrive
Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, Director, Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET), has reiterated Government’s commitment to the creation of an enabling environment...
First Lady calls for more attention for TVET
The First Lady, Mrs Rebecca Akufo-Addo said Ghana needs to take conscious steps to make the nation a centre of excellence in Technical and...
Government enhances relationship with GIZ to intensify TVET programme
The Ministry of Education (MOE) through the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
Rebecca Foundation and COTVET donate equipment to beauticians
The Rebecca Foundation, in partnership with the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), has donated equipment to some hairdressers and seamstresses...
ILO, COTVET engage Stakeholders on TVET skills development
Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, Executive Director, Council for Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), on Wednesday announced that all Technical and vocational Institutions will soon...
Government developing national apprenticeship policy
The era of apprentices being asked to run errands for master craftsmen will be a thing of the past with the passage...
“Ensure that free TVET covers all public institutions”
The National Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Advocacy Team has called on government to ensure that free TVET covers all public TVET institutions...
COTVET holds consultative meeting to curb unemployment
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET) in partnership with the British Council on Thursday held a consultative meeting to deliberate on...
Education Ministry Acknowledge Ghana Skills Competition Sponsors
The Ministry of Education in collaboration with the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has honoured partners and sponsors of the...
Association Holds Mass Graduation Exercise in Yendi
The Yendi Municipal branch of the Ghana National Tailors and Dress Makers Association (GNTDA) has held a mass graduation ceremony for apprentices who have...
Validation workshop on transforming Ghana’s TVET sector held
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), has held a validation workshop on the establishment of sector skills bodies in Ghana.
The...
Technical universities reminded to resolve outstanding transitional issues
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education, has reminded all technical universities of the need to resolve all the outstanding transitional issues to...
Gov’t Skills Development Fund to address COTVET resource challenges – Executive Director
The government has announced plans to set up a “Skills Development Fund” to help provide strong support to vocational and technical training.
Dr. Fred...
World Youth Skills Day: ATU calls on govts to support Technical training, job creation
The Accra Technical University (ATU) on Saturday joined the world to celebrate this year’s World Youth Skills Day on the theme: “Development to Improve...
EU and Germany support vocational training in Ghana
The European Union (EU) and Germany have joined their efforts to support skills development for the youth in Ghana.
A ceremony was, subsequently, held on...
Invest in technical education – COTVET to Govt
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education Training (COTVET) has urged government to increase investments in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) to...
COVET Update Stakeholders On Project
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has held a skills development workshop for stakeholders to update them on the results...
Technical, Vocational Education Not Up To Standard -Sector Minister
Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of Education has challenged regulatory bodies in the education sector to contribute their quota towards the delivery of...
Nana Addo Appoints New Executive Director For COTVET
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed Mr Fred Kyei Asamoah, a Pharmaceutical Expert, as the new Executive Director of the Council for Technical...
COTVET must be made part of Trade Ministry – Consultant
Dr Henry Akplu, a Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET) Consultant also proposed the rename of COTVET as Skills Development Authority (SDA) positioned under...
Ghana’s Technical and Vocational Institutions To Be Independent
"We have the potential and the space to raise the needed resources to run our institutions and even save some surplus. We must be...
Heads Want Free Education Extended To Technical, vocational institutions
According to them, parents and guardians are withdrawing their wards into Senior High Schools since it is more affordable.
Presenting his IDP, Mr Philip Effa...
Mahama cuts sod for 13 TVET facilities
This is in consonance with Government's ongoing efforts to expand equitable access and improve the quality of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)...
News Editors Exposed To Internal Operations Of GNFS
The Editors were offered practical experience of the composition of a Fire Tender tagged as traditional workhorse of the fire service.
The tender vehicle...
Ghanaian research institutions think outside the box to survive
Ghana?s umbrella research institution, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), with some 13 research institutes operating under it, is poised to survive...
COTVET Oranizes Role Model Advocacy Workshop
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) has held a role model advocacy workshop to define how role models can be...
Youth Employment Study Commission Launched
The Minister of Employment and Labour Relations, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, has launched a youth employment study commissioned by the Council for Technical and Vocational...
Koforidua to get a garment factory
The Eastern Regional Branch of the Ghana Tailors and Dressmakers Association (GTDA) has initiated moves to establish a garment factory in Koforidua to reduce...
16 Member COTVET Governing Board Instituted
Professor Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang, Minister of Education, has inaugurated a 16-member Board for the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET)...
More electricians undergo training in solar energy in Ghana
Sixty members of the Ghana Electrical Contractors Association (GECA) in the Eastern Region have been selected to be trained in Solar Energy Systems and...