Assessing the factors for rebranding Technical and Vocational Education for National Development in Ghana
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2021-05-31
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Abstract
Despite the persistent request from the International Community and stakeholders of TVET
to embrace TVET for sustainable livelihood and development, enrollment in TVET
institutions in Ghana is still very low. TVET in Africa is far from achieving the desired
goals as there is still declining trend in labour force participation for the youth. Besides,
many studies on TVET in Ghana have largely focused on the prospects and challenges of
TVET in reaching targets, with limited emphasis on the possibility of stakeholders doing
something different in an attempt to rebrand the programme. This study therefore seeks to
examine factors for Rebranding of TVET for National Development in Ghana. The
quantitative study involved the survey of 156 tutors and 54 administrators of TVET
institutions selected through multistage sampling method. Data collected using structured
questionnaires were analyzed through descriptive methods, relative importance index and
Kendall’s rank test. The study revealed enormous lapses in the design of the TVET
programme as it exhibits low level of local partnership and poorly funded. The content and
curriculum of TVET was also bereft of entrepreneurial skill development and provide low
level of linkage between industry and institution in the delivery of TVET education. The
main challenges of the TVET programme to national development include inadequate
funding, poor condition of service for TVET teachers, derogatory remarks about TVET
students and graduates, poor image and status of TVET, unavailability of consumable
materials for practicals, poor maintenance culture and others. The governmental strategies
perceived to be critical in the rebranding of TVET in Ghana include offering legislative
backing to national TVET policy, mainstream vocational education into the general
education system, and set up venture capital to support TVET graduates. Parents and
guardians could also lobby politicians in favour of TVET.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in Partial Fulfilment of
the requirements for the award degree of Master of Science in Project Management
Keywords
Evaluation, Factors, rebranding Technical, Vocational Education, National Development in Ghana