The President of Artisans Association of Ghana, Gideon Bidor Yaw has called on government and the Ministry of Education to ignore and forget the popular policy dubbed free shs and rather fund technical and vocational education.
He explained that, the demand is not to discount the essence of general education but rather to place prominence on the technical and vocational sector which has faced years of total neglect.
According to Mr Bidor, Ghana can only be productive and competitive in the global market if we take technical education more serious.
In an interview with Kwaku Owusu Adjei on Nyansapc(Agootv) last Monday, the President maintained that the thorny issue of youth unemployment will be no more if investment and budgetary allocation is improved.The Artisan President encouraged government agencies to involve them because of their skills base.
He advised artisans like masons, carpenters, electricians, welders, plumbers, glass and metal fabricators, steel benders etc to register and join the association to make it strong and effective in advancing the interests of the group.
Story by: Kwaku Ankoma-Abrokwaa #sincetete
