The Future of TVET in Ghana: 21 Key Ideas Shaping Skills Development and Youth Employability

By
Ellis Ferdinand
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TVET HER GHANA

Ferdinand | EducationGhana | June 06 |  The Future of TVET in Ghana: 21 Key Ideas Shaping Skills Development and Youth Employability

As Ghana continues to reimagine its education landscape to align with global and national development goals, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) has emerged as a strategic pillar in addressing youth unemployment, industrial transformation, and sustainable growth.

Ellis Ferdinand, Ghanaian award winning education blogger, curriculum specialist and researcher has out;ined some 21 key ideas that can shape TVET education in Ghana.

Here are the top ideas that will define Ghana’s skills revolution:

🔑 21 Key Ideas for the Future of TVET in Ghana

  1. National TVET Qualifications Framework (NTVETQF): Full implementation to ensure certification is standardized and internationally recognized.
  2. Curriculum Modernization: Align TVET programs with industry 4.0, green economy skills, digital literacy, and entrepreneurship.
  3. Work-Based Learning (WBL): Institutionalize apprenticeship, industrial attachments, and on-the-job training as core components of training.
  4. TVET Funding Reform: Establish a dedicated, transparent, and performance-based TVET Fund to sustain quality and expansion.
  5. Decentralized Governance: Strengthen regional and district-level coordination through enhanced roles for local assemblies and Zonal TVET Councils.
  6. Inclusion of Girls and Persons with Disabilities (PWDs): Deliberate policies to mainstream gender and disability inclusivity in all TVET programs.
  7. Private Sector Engagement: Deepen collaboration between training institutions and industries through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs).
  8. Digital Transformation: Leverage ICT for digital labs, smart classrooms, online modules, and management systems across TVET institutions.
  9. Trainer Professionalization: Implement a nationwide continuous Capacity Building Plan for TVET instructors to meet evolving skill demands.
  10. National Skills Competition: Institutionalize competitive platforms (e.g., Skills Ghana) to promote excellence and innovation among learners.
  11. Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL): Strengthen systems to formally certify informal sector workers through practical assessments.
  12. Green Skills Integration: Promote sustainable development by embedding environmental competencies into all occupational standards.
  13. Infrastructure Upgrade: Invest in state-of-the-art workshops, labs, and facilities across Technical Institutes and Community Skills Centers.
  14. Labour Market Intelligence Systems (LMIS): Use real-time data to guide curriculum updates and align training to market demand.
  15. TVET Branding & Visibility: Rebrand TVET as a first-choice pathway through national campaigns and media partnerships.
  16. TVET in Basic Education: Introduce pre-vocational orientation at the JHS level as part of Common Core Programme (CCP) integration.
  17. Skills Passport System: Launch a TVET Learner Skills Passport that tracks competencies and allows mobility within the system.
  18. Support for Startups and Innovation Hubs: Link TVET graduates to startup grants, incubators, and business development support.
  19. TVET Regulatory Framework: Strengthen CTVET’s mandate to enforce quality assurance, accreditation, and institutional supervision.
  20. Migration Pathways: Align TVET qualifications with global labor market standards to expand legal migration opportunities.
  21. Sustainable Financing through Industry Levies: Encourage sector-specific contributions (e.g., construction, hospitality) to co-fund TVET.

🛠️ Driving Employment and Economic Resilience

According to CTVET and MoE, these ideas will support Ghana’s quest to build a resilient economy by providing industry-relevant skills, promoting youth self-employment, and addressing the skills mismatch affecting economic productivity.

Stakeholders from CTVET, GTVET, Ministry of Education, development partners, and industrial actors at the GIZ-EU meeting noted that TVET is no longer an alternative—it is central to Ghana’s development agenda.

“Transforming the TVET landscape is not a luxury—it is a necessity. We must act with urgency,” said one official during the session.

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