Researchers at a Sustainable Education and Development Conference have called for the need to attach importance to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), as it plays an important role in equipping young people with the required skills needed for the job market.
“TVET is placed to bring about the skills and entrepreneurial workforce that is needed to create wealth,” the researchers maintained.
The conference, which brought together researchers from the academia, was aimed at strategizing ways to build a resilient and sustainable economies in Africa.
It was organized by the Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA), a group of researchers from some Universities across Africa with the participants drawn from Ghana, Benin, South Africa and Nigeria among other countries.
In an address, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Professor Eric Nyarko Sampson called on researchers to direct their efforts at finding sustainable solutions to the challenges of African economies.
Speaking on “The Role of Universities in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals’’, Professor Eric Nyarko Sampson indicated that “research findings from institutions of higher learning should be discussed to contribute to policy directions and strategies aimed at solving problems”.
The Chief Executive Officer of St. Andrews Group of Schools and Companies, Dr. Richard Kofi Asiedu maintained that there is a mismatch between the ‘’skills supplied and the skills needed’’ in the job market, hence contributing to the high unemployment rate in the country.
He hoped “reorienting of TVET will be a major means to assist small to medium scale enterprises to meet the emerging sustainable economy”.
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