Mr Alex Opoku, Principal at Management of the Department of Integrated Community Centre of Employment Skills at Kokoben in the Bosomefreho District of the Ashanti Region, has advised Ghanaians not to perceive technical and vocational education as programmes for students who are not academically good.
He said the widely held perception that technical and vocational institutions were for academically weak students was incorrect because it was based on ignorance.
“Let us get the youth into these schools that create self-employment avenues so that in the long run, they would become capable of contributing significantly to the economic development of the nation,” he said.
He made the statement during an appeal for building materials for construction of hostel and boarding facility for Kokoben School of Department of Integrated Community Center of Employment Skills.
Mr Opoku, speaking to the media revealed the state of Kokoben School of Department of Integrated Community Center of Employment Skills, bemoaned the negative mindset of the public regarding technical and vocational education.
“We entreat the government to pay serious attention to technical and vocational education in order that unemployment in the country is reduced,” he said.
He has, under the circumstances, called for a change of mindset and has urged parents and guardians to get their children and wards enrolled into Kokoben School of Department of Integrated Community Center of Employment Skills.
