Joyce Ababio opens college

Arku Jasmine Education Aug - 24 - 2013 , 00:00

The Minister of Education, Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, last Saturday inaugurated the Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design (JACCD), with the assurance that the government was determined to raise technical education to a level that would make it attractive.

According to Prof. Opoku-Agyemang, that sector of education would be the backbone of the nation’s technological advancement, which was evident by the establishment of the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), as well as the Skills Development Fund (SDF).

Prof. Opoku-Agyemang stressed that the overall aim of setting up those bodies was to reach a stage of a seamless relationship between industry and training centres, where industry naturally partners with trainers and vice versa.

“ Landmarks of the journey will be each contributing its quota towards the success of the competency-based training, industry offering practical training opportunities and teaching materials to students engaged on the programme and by trainers seeing interest and successes inextricably bound to that of industry,” she explained.

That, she said, would ensure that products from the training centres met the requirement of the industry and commended the college for being actively involved in ensuring that vision.

The founder and head of the school, Ms Joyce Ababio, addressing the guests at the event, said the college located on the Switchback Road in Accra and the first of its kind in West Africa, was committed to providing a balanced programme of academic excellence and practical orientation.

She further stated that to ensure diversity in staff and ways of thinking, the college had a faculty with experience from some of the most prestigious schools in Ghana and the United States of America.

The opening ceremony was interspersed with musical performance and a fashion show by professional and popular designers who were trained by the school.