International Social Dialogue on Technical and Vocational Education

International Social Dialogue on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Young Learners/Other Learners (Ghana) By Dan Baffour-Awuah Executive Director-COTVET Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 1

COUNCIL FOR TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (COTVET) GOAL • 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 Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 2

Polytechnics NEET Universities NEET Apprenticeship Stream Vocational Institute Stream Technical Institute Stream 55% Senior High School Stream 45% Basic Education (JHS) Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 3

Pathways from Education to Employment in Ghana 5 Universities 10 Polytechnics 121. 000 Public Service Sector 2. 73 Mio 200 Public Providers 33. 000 670 Senior High Schools 490. 000 10. 213 Junior High Schools 1. 285. 000 Formal Private Sector 1. 85 Mio 430 Private Training Centres 34. 000 Traditional Apprenticeship System 225. 000 – 300. 000 Semi-Informal Micro Enterprises 4. 66 Mio National Functional Literacy Program 182. 000 17. 881 Primary Schools 3. 910. 000 Own Account Worker Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 4 Kf. W / PLANCO Hamburg

COTVET (Policy Making Body) Formal Public TVET Institutes Nine (9) Ministries Formal Private Not for Profit Formal Private for Profit Informal for Profit Faith Based and NGOs Commercial TVET Trade Associations Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two Informal Not for Profit Faith Based and NGOs , 5

FORMAL TVET INSTITUTIONS MINSTRY NUMBER/TYPE Ministry of Education 26/Technical Institutes/11 New Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare 38/Vocational Training 3/OICs 9/Leadership Training 9/Social Welfare Centres, Voc 75/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 Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 6

INFORMAL APPRENTICE TRAINING (CURRENT SITUATION) 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, 2008 a). Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 7

National Apprenticeship Programme 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 1 in the following trade areas ◦ ◦ Cosmetology Auto Mechanics Garment Making Electronics Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 8

Promotion of Lifelong Learning through NTVET Qualifications Framework and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) 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 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 1 Proficiency I Require close supervision Young Learners/Other Learners Session Two 9