Women Training Institutes being up-graded

Panfokrom (C/R), July 29, GNA- Mr Issah Ayanaba, Director of the Department of Community Development, has said that Women Training Institutes are being upgraded to enable them to produce women with marketable skills.

The department has held skills upgrading training courses for teaching staff of the institutes to sharpen their teaching abilities, he said Mr Ayanaba was speaking at the speech and prize-giving day of the Women Training Institute at Gomoa Panfokrom in the Central Region.

He said the department has procured books and supported the institutes to source for teaching aids, sewing machines and hairdressing equipment from the VALCO Trust Fund and some charity agencies. The Director said the Department contacted a British charity organization, which has supplied over 300 refurbished computers to Women's Training Institutes and Community Development Technical Institutes.

He said the department has established 25 training institutes in the country out of which 20 are for the training of women.