On April 4, 2019, the College of Technology Education (CoLTEK) of the University of Education, Winneba (UEW) and the Ghana Skills Development Initiative (GSDI III), which is co-financed by Switzerland under its Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Program (GPSCP) officially launched their cooperation in a festive ceremony. During the ceremony a Memorandum of Understanding was signed and a joint working group was formed.
CoLTEK is currently the only Ghanaian institution training technical and vocational education (TVET) teachers at the university level. After graduation the TVET teachers are qualified to train students in the TVET colleges in the country. This innovative train-the-teachers approach is critical to further strengthen the quality of Ghana’s TVET system.
Various partners and stakeholders affiliated with the TVET sector participated in the event by addressing the more than 50 invited guests. Dignitaries included Rev. Fr. Prof. Anthony Afull-Broni, Vice Chancellor of UEW, the Principal of CoLTEK, Prof. Fredrick Kweku Sarfo, and Dr. Fred K. Asamoah, Executive Director of the Council for Technical and Vocational Educational Training (COTVET). On behalf of the Embassy of Switzerland, the Deputy Head of Cooperation, Mr. Daniel Lauchenauer, underlined that TVET has to meet the demand of the private sector and encouraged a close cooperation between the private sector and training providers. Guests also toured the CoLTEK facilities including the modern Competency Based Training (CBT) Centre.
GSDI III is jointly financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, the European Union (EU) and Switzerland under its Ghana Private Sector Competitiveness Program (GPSCP).
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