GTVET increases technical institutions in Upper East Region to 17

The Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (GTVET) Service in the Upper East Region has increased the number of technical institutions under its operations from 14 to 17 following the absorption of three additional institutions in Chiana, Kandiga and Paga.

Speaking on behalf of the Regional Director, Williams Aduum, on Saturday, October 24, 2026, in Sandema, Atanga Gilbert Akawiiri, the Training, Assessment and Quality Assurance Officer of the GTVET Service in the region, disclosed this while highlighting efforts to expand technical and vocational education and training to equip young people with practical skills.

He said the service also works with 11 private technical institutions and is encouraging them to register with GTVET to strengthen the regulation and quality assurance of technical and vocational training.

According to him, four of the private institutions have so far registered, while efforts are ongoing to encourage the remaining institutions to formalise their registration.

Atanga Gilbert explained that the GTVET Service is positioning itself to address youth unemployment by promoting practical skills acquisition, which he said could improve livelihoods and create opportunities for self-employment.

He noted that the service had intensified public education on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) through sensitisation programmes in schools and communities, as well as engagements with churches and mosques.

The initiative, he said, seeks to change public perceptions about technical and vocational education and encourage more young people to embrace skills training as a pathway to economic empowerment.

Atanga expressed optimism that increased participation in TVET would contribute to Ghana's economic development, stressing that practical skills acquisition remains essential to addressing unemployment and improving livelihoods.

He called on communities, parents and young people to support the TVET concept and take advantage of the opportunities it offers to prepare themselves for the demands of an increasingly technological world.

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