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• To contribute to national economic and social agenda through the development of globally competitive skills, and increasing employability opportunities for job creation and poverty reduction by– Ensuring that the unemployed particularly the youth are

given competitive, employable and entrepreneurial skills nationally and globally within the formal and informal sectors.

– Ensuring that graduates coming out of our formal, informal and non-formal TVET institutions are endowed with employable and entrepreneurial skills

– Promoting life long learning for professional progression

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Basic Education(JHS)

ApprenticeshipStream

Vocational Institute Stream

TechnicalInstituteStream

SeniorHigh School

Stream

Polytechnics Universities

45%55%

NEET

NEET

430 Private Training Centres

34.000

200 Public Providers

33.000

Traditional Apprenticeship System

225.000 – 300.000

National Functional Literacy Program

182.000

Public Service Sector

2.73 Mio

Formal Private Sector

1.85 Mio

5 Universities 10 Polytechnics

121.000

670 Senior High Schools

490.000

10.213 Junior High Schools

1.285.000

17.881 Primary Schools

3.910.000

Semi-Informal Micro

Enterprises

Informal Micro Enterprises

4.66 Mio

Own Account Worker

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MINSTRY NUMBER/TYPE

Ministry of Education 26/Technical Institutes/11 New

Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare

38/Vocational Training3/OICs9/Leadership Training 9/Social Welfare Centres, Voc75/ICCES

Ministry of Youth and Sports 11 Leadership Training Centres

Ministry of Women & Children Affairs

1/Vocational Training

Ministry of Agriculture 3/Agricultural Training

Ministry of Road and Transport 1/Technical Training

Ministry of Local Government 26/Vocational CDC

Ministry of Tourism Hospitality Schools

Ministry of Communications ICT Schools

Ministry of Youth and Sports 11 Youth Leadership Training Centres

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Currently, about one of every three youth in the 20-30 age group has experience as an apprentice, compared to one in four youth fifteen years ago. The percentage of young women doing an apprenticeship has doubled in the last fifteen years (World Bank, 2008a).

This programme has been put together by the Government of Ghana as one of its strategies aimed at reducing youth unemployment in the country and to encourage lifelong learning among the youth. Government pays for the cost of one year training program in specific trade areas in line with the National TVET Qualifications Framework.

5000 Apprentices from Certificate 1in the following trade areas◦ Cosmetology◦ Auto Mechanics◦ Garment Making ◦ Electronics

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LEVEL

QUALIFICATION DESCRIPTOR

9 Doctor of Technology Comprehensive and detailed knowledge and application of research methodologies

8 Master of Technology Require self-direction and originality in tackling and solving problems

7 Bachelor of Technology Require quality and transfer of skills necessary for formal and self employment

6 Higher National Diploma Ability to work or lead a group

5 Diploma Require minimum supervision

4 Certificate II Require broad skilled competence in different tasks in varied context

3 Certificate I Require collaboration with others in team

2 Proficiency II Require limited supervision

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