Talks are currently ongoing between the Ministry of Business Development and the management of Ghana’s Young Entrepreneurs (GYE) on the need to set up a One-stop shop business facilitation center for young entrepreneurs. The leadership of GYE who paid a visit to the Ministry last month with the partnership proposal is expected to meet the … Read more
The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), has held a skills development workshop for stakeholders to update them on the results of the first component of the Ghana Skills and Technology Development Project (GSTDP). The GSTDP, which comprises four components, aims to achieve improved demand-driven skills development, and increased adoption of new … Read more
In response to the poverty crisis and to prevent Ghanaians from falling below the civilized standard of living, the government of Ghana has introduced over 100 social welfare programmes over the years. This number, per a research I conducted recently, is far higher than the number of social welfare interventions in the U.S, U.K and … Read more
The Minister of Communications, Dr Edward Omane Boamah, said a total of 78,000 teachers were engaged between 2009 and 2016 while 23,411 nurses had been employed since 2013. Dr Boamah, speaking at the meet-the-press series in Accra, said financial clearance had been obtained and recruitment processes had begun for another 8,000 nurses. He said perhaps … Read more
Good morning, Ladies and Gentlemen of the press Good morning, fellow Ghanaians We wish to welcome you to the final edition of the Meet the Press series for this year, and consistent with our mandate, we are hopeful that at the end of this session with the media both the Citizenry and Government will be … Read more
The Third Ghana Skills and Technology Fair, an initiative to exhibit the outcomes of financial support to selected grantees in the skills and technology sector across the country, opened in Accra on Wednesday. Skills development has become a highly topical development policy issue in Ghana in the past decade. The Ghana skills and technology development … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has promised to transform the Suame magazine into a state-of-the-art light industrial area. In line with this, it was going to set up an information and communication technology (ICT) centre, equipped with diagnostic machines and other devices to aid the artisans to operate more efficiently. He was addressing artisans there as … Read more
Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET), is one of the key components needed for the development of any nation especially the developing nations like Ghana. Traditionally, this area of education has not received much attention and has been looked down-on, as one of the last resorts, should one fail to gain entry into University. H. … Read more
The next Government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would expand the School Feeding Programme to all public basic schools in rural and peri-urban communities. The NDC: “Complete the process of eliminating the remaining public schools under trees, and abolish the shift system countrywide; and continue the provision of free school uniforms, free exercise books … Read more