The government intends to equip the 168 youth training institutions to enable them to build their capacities to provide the nations middle level manpower requirement.
Mr. E. T Mensah, the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of the first graduation ceremony of the Gyedu Vocational Technical Training Centre here on Tuesday.
He said employable skills training which is popular worldwide, was crucial to ensuring employment for the youth.
The government therefore wanted to ensure that the youth were given the necessary training “so that by the time they exit, they would have acquired the right skills to either get employed or be self employed,” the minister said.
He said vocational institutions like the Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES), Opportunity Industrialisation Centre (OIC) and Gratis Foundation would be strengthened to play their enhanced roles.
Earlier, Mr. Mensah had addressed the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited Apprenticeship Enrolment programme where 15 local youth were enrolled to undertake various courses after which they would be awarded City and Guilds of London Institute certificates.
The programme is aimed at supporting and supplementing current recruitment standard shortfalls.
The Minister commended Newmont Ghana for living up to its social responsibilities, by creating about 4,000 jobs out of which 35 per cent have been reserved for the local people living in its operational area.
He urged the workers to be disciplined and abide by the rules of their engagement. Dan Michaelson, General Manager of Environment and Social Responsibility noted that the apprenticeship programme which was started in February 2004, was another way the company was using to deepen its social responsibility and commitment to the host communities.
“All of these are in keeping with the mutual aspiration we share with our host communities which is to create a suitable future by investing in our people” he added.
Mr. Michelson said the programme was going on alongside scholarship packages offered to tertiary and senior high school students from the communities under the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation and other social interventions.
He explained that 407 tertiary and high school students were benefitting from a scholarship package worth about GH˘368,000.
Mr. E. T Mensah, the Minister of Employment and Social Welfare disclosed this to newsmen on the sidelines of the first graduation ceremony of the Gyedu Vocational Technical Training Centre here on Tuesday.
He said employable skills training which is popular worldwide, was crucial to ensuring employment for the youth.
The government therefore wanted to ensure that the youth were given the necessary training “so that by the time they exit, they would have acquired the right skills to either get employed or be self employed,” the minister said.
He said vocational institutions like the Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES), Opportunity Industrialisation Centre (OIC) and Gratis Foundation would be strengthened to play their enhanced roles.
Earlier, Mr. Mensah had addressed the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited Apprenticeship Enrolment programme where 15 local youth were enrolled to undertake various courses after which they would be awarded City and Guilds of London Institute certificates.
The programme is aimed at supporting and supplementing current recruitment standard shortfalls.
The Minister commended Newmont Ghana for living up to its social responsibilities, by creating about 4,000 jobs out of which 35 per cent have been reserved for the local people living in its operational area.
He urged the workers to be disciplined and abide by the rules of their engagement. Dan Michaelson, General Manager of Environment and Social Responsibility noted that the apprenticeship programme which was started in February 2004, was another way the company was using to deepen its social responsibility and commitment to the host communities.
“All of these are in keeping with the mutual aspiration we share with our host communities which is to create a suitable future by investing in our people” he added.
Mr. Michelson said the programme was going on alongside scholarship packages offered to tertiary and senior high school students from the communities under the Newmont Ahafo Development Foundation and other social interventions.
He explained that 407 tertiary and high school students were benefitting from a scholarship package worth about GH˘368,000.
