The Foundation for Security and Development in Africa (FOSDA) has called on stakeholders in the Education sector especially the Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service and the Commission on TVET (CTVET) to move away from providing information on the progress made in the TVET sector and focus more on churning out data on the transformative effect of the sector

FOSDA noted that Ghana is peaceful and has not experienced any serious instability threats even though it checks many of boxes and shown indicators relative to the threat to peace. Ghana has not experienced any instability and violence occasioned by the youth in this fourth republic and that should not be taken for granted. According to FOSDA, unemployment correlates to violence and it is critical that technical education which is believed to provide immediate employment must not be seen as adding to the unemployment problem.

FOSDA’s call was made at the International Day of Education on the theme “Learning for Lasting Peace” for stakeholders in Education. The meeting was co-convened by the World Bank office in Ghana, Ghana National Education Campaign Coalition and Renel Ghana Foundation. The meeting brought together over 15 CSO representatives who are working at the intersection of Education, Peace and Security. The meeting was held on 24th January, 2024.

The Snr. Programmes Officer, Mr. Solomon Okai, who represented FOSDA at the meeting emphasised that the recently launched Ghana Youth Manifesto survey report showed that nearly 40% of the respondents with TVET education were unemployed. He noted that whiles this added to the unemployment challenge it presents an opportunity to stakeholders in TVET service delivery take steps to demonstrate how TVET education is overcoming the youth unemployment challenge.

He urged Government to ensure that budgetary allocation to practical training in TVET schools are made available to aid smooth training of the beneficiaries.
Two copies of the Ghana Youth Manifesto were disseminated to key stakeholders in the Youth Development Sector.