CTVET emerges Overall Best performing agency
THE Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (CTVET) emerged as the Overall Best Performing agency of the Ministry of Education for the year 2022 based on certain Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
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The first runners up were the National Schools Inspection Authority (NASIA) and the national Teaching Council (NTC) because both scored same marks, while the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and the Student Loan Trust Fund took the second runners up slots with the same marks.
Education agencies
The agencies under the ministry that were assessed are the Centre for National Distance Learning and Open Schooling (CENDLOS), CTVET, the Ghana Education Service (GES), the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences (GAAS), the Ghana Library Authority and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA)
The rest are NASIA, the Complementary Education Agency, GTEC, the National Service Secretariat (NSS), NTC, the Student Loan Trust Fund, the Ghana Book Development Council, the West African Examination Council (WAEC) and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND).
The event was held under the auspices of the Ministry of Education titled, “Excellence Awards for Agencies.”
Performance indicators
An inscription on the award shield presented to the Director-General of the CTVET, Dr Fred Kyei Asamoah, reads: “In recognition of your consistent outstanding achievement, as the best performing agency in the implementation of your roadmap in line with the 2022 performance agreement, this award is presented to the CTVET.”
Briefing the Daily Graphic, the Head of the Public Relations of the CTVET, Albert Opare explained that each agency under the ministry signed a performance agreement with the ministry.
“Each performance agreement has certain KPIs which are used to measure success.
“So, the scores are calculated based on the agencies’ ability to achieve the KPIs that are set as part of the annual targets,” Mr Opare explained.
He explained that the targets and KPIs are linked to the Education Sector Plan (2018-2030) which has a set of targets and reform areas for the various agencies.
Mr Opare added that the appraisal was done by independent evaluators selected by the National Education Reform Secretariat.
“So, your target and KPIs should be geared towards achieving the overall targets as captured in the Education Sector Plan,” he added.
Being on top
Speaking on the award, Dr Asamoah said, “we feel honoured to have received this award for the second year in a row and it challenges us to strive towards achieving more to maintain our position or even do better than we are currently doing”.
He said the feat had been achieved through the collective effort of both management and staff of the commission, who took ownership of the reform targets and ensured its full implementation.
“As a commission, the performance agreement has been incorporated by the management team into our mainstream activities to ensure that the necessary attention is given towards its implementation,” Dr Asamoah explained.