Grace Hill School of Technology (GHIST) graduates 139 students
The Grace Hill School of Technology (GHIST) on Saturday graduated 139 students at the 31st open day graduation at Ankaful in the Central Region.
They were trained in Fashion and Garment, Cookery Arts, Cosmetology, Cake Decoration and Sugar Craft, Hair Technology, Hospitality, Catering and Pastry.
Addressing the graduands on the theme: ‘Increasing Employment Through Skills Training’, Mr Zakaria Sulemana, the Director-General of Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) said, government’s industrialisation agenda requires more technicians, Electricians, Welders, Fabricators, ICT Professionals, Automotive Technicians and skilled Artisans than ever before.
He said the CTVET believes and has clear understanding that national competitiveness depended on a strong skills ecosystem, adding for this reason, government through the Ministry of Education and CTVET continues to position TVET as strategic pillar of National Development.
He pointed out that, the Commission was prioritising the development information system (TVETMISS), which will track learner employment, progression and employment outcomes.
“It will also provide labour market, intelligence to guide programme design and enhance transparency, accountability and planning efficiency,” he added.
According to him, in an era of evidence-based policy-making, data was infrastructure and TVET was central to the transformation agenda.
The Director-General noted that over 100,000 graduates leave tertiary institutions each year, yet, only a small proportion secure stable employment within first three years after graduation.
He said, as at September last year, youth unemployment among persons aged 15-24 stood at 34.4 per cent, with about 1.34 million young people in this age group not in employment, education or training.
He commended the Grace Hill School Technology for aligning with the National vision, by partnering in the country’s skills development agenda and contributing meaningfully to human capital development and urged them to further strengthen industry partnership to ensure their graduates remain competitive in a rapidly evolving labour market.
The Principal of the school, Professor Jophus Anamuah-Mensah said, skill training produces the human capital that require for development, but unfortunately, our education system focuses on producing people with academic knowledge who are unskilled; unemployed and unemployable.
He said, GHIST runs CTVET competency-based training at the National Proficiency One level and National Certificate One level in the Garment and Cosmetology departments and National Certificate One in Hospitality and Catering.
He urged the students to persevere and not give up when they go through challenges or failure, since failure was not the opposite of success, but part of success.
FROM DANIEL AMOO ANKAFUL
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