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Ms Rebecca Donkor (left), Chief Executive Officer, Make up Ghana, presenting a package to one of the best students Ms Mary Arthur Mensah (right)
Ms Rebecca Donkor (left), Chief Executive Officer, Make up Ghana, presenting a package to one of the best students Ms Mary Arthur Mensah (right)

Youth advised to embrace vocational, technical education

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 2nd Image Academy International, Ms Nikki Boa-Amponsem, has advised the youth not to look down on vocational and technical education, since it has the potential to equip them with the required skills to enable them to become self-employed after school.

She said it was unfortunate that some of the youth did not embrace or patronise vocational and technical education in Ghana, adding however, that some countries took it seriously.

17th graduation

At the institution’s 17th graduation ceremony in Accra, Ms Boa-Amponsem said despite the low patronage of vocational and technical education in Ghana, 2nd Image International would continue to introduce more training programmes to prepare the youth for the future.

“It is our dream and hope that we will grow to become the leading technical and vocational training institute across Africa in beauty skills training, hair, fashion and technology even as more males get encouraged to enroll with the institution,” she said.

In all, 217 graduates made up of 215 females and two males, who graduated in hairdressing, beauty therapy, cosmetology, fashion and design, were awarded with certificates. The graduation ceremony, which also commemorated the institute’s 31st anniversary, was on the theme “Modernising TVET for sustainable development”. 

Ms Boa-Amponsem said the theme for the graduation was chosen to draw the government’s attention to the pressing needs of students pursuing technical and vocational education in Ghana.

Creation of jobs

Outlining some of the measures to address unemployment in the country, she said the government could effectively tackle the problem if resources were channeled to assist students to acquire technical and vocational skills to enable them to become self-reliant.

Ms Boa-Amponsem explained that the various programmes offered by the school had been structured in such a way that students could easily gain employment or start income-generating projects immediately after completing school, pointing out that “2nd Image had Competency-Based Training modules to achieve competency and employable skills”.

She, therefore, urged parents to encourage their children to take advantage of their courses to become employable and self-sufficient in future.

For his part, the Executive Secretary at the National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations (NABTEX), Mr Francis Tagbor, said 31 years in the life of a school was no mean achievement and urged management and staff members of the school to work hard to bridge the unemployment gap in the country.

He stated that the new education reform placed emphasis on technical and vocational education and training alongside other disciplines.

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