Don’t look down upon vocational training – Minister

This article is closed for comments.

Read Comments Comments (10)

  • kofi kom 11 years ago

    Mr minister, thank you for bringing up the vocational, technical school attention to the government and the people of Ghana at this crucial time the country is crying for jobs and many complains which has created Unemploymen ...
    read full comment

  • Kojo T 11 years ago

    All the fingers are not equal. All cannot be academics. Let us use our God given talents. Going back to basics of carpentry, brick laying, black and gold smithing, plumbing, tailoring, and so on

  • Awalaa 11 years ago

    BRAVO MINISTER FOR THIS SPEECH! BUT PLS IMPLEMENT IT. OUR FOREFATHERS WERE SO SKILLFUL B'FORE THE COLOJUNKIES STEPPED FOOT ON OUR BEACHES,WHITEWASHED US TO BE LIKE THEM (WHITE COLOUR JOBS) BUT NOT TO THINK LIKE THEM.
    FOR e. ...
    read full comment

  • atta 11 years ago

    Those trades maen in the U.K and Australia never went to University but command business. let think seriously about this.

  • Joseph Darko-Yeboah Frempong 11 years ago

    Well said Atta; I strongly believe our government and our people should drop the very old notion of 'secondary school' being the only school Ghanaians cherish. Technical, Vocational, Commercial, Apprenticeship were ahead in G ...
    read full comment

  • ankoma 11 years ago

    We live in a country where only those who rattle the english language are considered educated.This kind of mind set must change.In my opinion,education is a tool through which one can make a living.Unfortunate,most political ...
    read full comment

  • Nii Adjei 11 years ago

    modernize the fields with required modern tools and equipments

  • Gov 11 years ago

    Wala MR Minister you have said it all but don't just say it let it be your daily prayers.Do you know all these white people coming to work with trade certification in Ghana make more money than you.

  • Kofican 11 years ago

    No truer words ever spoken!

    Never thought I will hear this from a political elite who belongs to a rotten
    and corrupt government which has sent the nation into an economic tailspin.

    Hopefully, he is no just "lip-synch ...
    read full comment

  • GHFUO, be serious & change ur MENtali 11 years ago

    THESE APPRENTICE/HANDS ON SKILL PROGRAMS SHOULD BE TAUGHT IN POLY/APPRENTICE COLLEGE PROGRAMS....USUALLY FROM 18 MTHS TO 2 YRS....U CAN COME OUT N START UR OWN BUSINESS, WORK FOR OTHERS OR TRANSFER UR CREDITS TO AN ACCREDITED ...
    read full comment