The National Democratic Congress (NDC) will introduce Free Technical and Vocational Education at both the Secondary and Tertiary levels when voted into power, the Party’s National Communication officer, Sammy Gyamfi has said.
According to Sammy Gyamfi, there is no Free TVET at the tertiary level (Polytechnic/Technical Universities) and that this policy will ensure that Ghanaians who are desirous of pursuing a vocational or technical course gets the opportunity to do so without paying a pessewa at the secondary school level to the tertiary level.
Sammy Gyamfi, who passed these comments while addressing the media and party faithfuls at the 14th edition of the party’NDC’s weekly press briefing, said even at the Senior High School (SHS) level, majority of TVET schools like NVTI are not benefiting from the free SHS policy.
“The next NDC government in January 2021 shall introduce Free Technical and Vocational Education at both the Secondary and Tertiary levels. It is important to state that currently, there is no Free TVET at the tertiary level (Polytechnic/Technical Universities). Even at the Senior High School (SHS) level, majority of TVET schools like NVTI are not benefiting from the free SHS policy. This policy will ensure that any Ghanaian who is desirous of pursuing a vocational or technical course gets the opportunity to do so without paying a pessewa at the secondary school level to the tertiary level,” he added.
He said the the next NDC government will also roll out a National Apprenticeship Program that will create many sustainable jobs for Ghanaians.
Under the policy, any Ghanaian desirous to learn a craft will be enrolled into a training program as an apprentice under a registered master-craftsperson for free by government.
He noted that apprentices under the program will be paid stipends to support their feeding, transportation among others, and will be given certificates upon the successful completion of their program.
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