Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah
FIFTY-THOUSAND (50,000) learners are scheduled to receive free apprenticeship training by the end of this year through the Jobs and Skills and the Ghana TVET voucher project.
Director-General of the Commission for TVET, Dr. Fred Kyei Asamoah, who announced this, said the move was part of the government’s youth empowerment policy aimed at formalising the informal sector and providing it with world-class skills which were globally competitive.
Dr Asamoah disclosed this Friday at a press briefing in Accra.
He said the TVET sector stood the chance of turning around the nation’s economy within the shortest possible time.
 BeneficiariesÂ
Beneficiaries across the country were selected through their respective trade associations.
After expressing their gratefulness to Government, they pleaded for the project to be extended to cover all apprentices and master craft persons in the country.
Dr Asamoah said the project had the potential of increasing the income levels of females adding that the project was a Government initiative being implemented by CTVET, with funding from the German Development Bank (KFW) and Government, to improve the skills, competitiveness and productivity of the Ghanaian informal business sector.
 Project Objectives
The project aims at improving access to TVET; strengthening TVET stakeholders; and establishing a consistent incentive system for training providers.
Targeted areas by the project so far include automotive, cosmetology, garment making, electronics, welding, plumbing, electrical installation, block laying & tiling, furniture making, and catering and hospitality.
Background
Government, through the Ministry of Education and the Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET), has since 2017 provided free training to over 17,527 apprentices and master craft persons across the country.
Of the 17,527 beneficiaries of the training, 73 percent were women while the remaining 27 percent were men.
A business desk report