The Director-General of the Commission for Technical Vocational and Education Training (CTVET), Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, has made a case for the adoption of Ghana's Sector Skills Bodies (SSB) as a model for skills development in Africa.
He explained that the SSB model was one way of ensuring that Technical Vocational and Educational Training (TVET) institutions closely aligned with the industries they served. • Dr Osei Adutwum (third from right), Education Minister, with other dignitaries in the programme Speaking on the theme, "Boosting excellence and innovation in TVET: Interregional Policy Dialogue and Global Agenda Setting," at the just ended Africa Skills Week (ASW) which took place at La Palm Beach Hotel in Accra on Friday, he said TVET education remained the surest means to addressing the continent's growing unemployment challenge.
The ASW which took place from October 14 to 18, 2024 was hosted by the Government of Ghana and organised by the African Union (AU).
The theme for the five-day conference was "Skills and jobs for the 21st century: Quality skills development for sustainable employability in Africa".