2024 GHANA TECHNICAL STUDENTS AWARDS TO ENHANCE TVET INNOVATION
Bridewell for development under the auspices of CTVET in partnership with Accra Technical University has organized the 2024 Ghana Technical Students Awards to celebrate and reward outstanding academic achievements, talents and contributions.
This took place in Accra with the theme; Spark Change and igniting a future of innovators and job creators.
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| Alice Frimpong Sarkodie, President GTSA |
Speaking in an interview ,Alice Frimpong Sarkodie,Ms Sark,Administrator at Nobel Heights School and the president of Ghana technical student awards called on government to, invest more into TVET. :Once you invest in TVET, you invest in the country's developments and to stakeholders and to even industries" she emphasized. TVET, she noted can create job and innovators for solution to Ghana's unemployment.
Added his voice was Ag. Vice-Chancellor of Accra Technical university, Professor Amevi Acakpovi noted that the program is about promoting CTVET and the theme was on Spark Change and igniting a future of innovators and job creators.
"I think mainly we are looking at how we can improve our educational systems or the ecosystem completely to bring into the students, to bring out of the student the innovation, the creativity and then the talent that they have" he stated.
Moreover if our educational system is at the apex, then we have people who are very talented, who can transform the economy, who can make a lot of innovation and discover things. But I agree to some extent that we have a lot of innovations in Ghana" he stated
Proffessor Amevi highlighted that students and also the industry players and the policy makers. Now, today in today's speech we try to touch on the role of each and everyone, but mainly and in summary, educational system is to bring some level of reforms in the way curriculum is designed, the way it is taught so that we get the best out of the student. Rather than using the traditional method of teaching and learning,
"we should go for the competency-based training approach, which is a learner-centered approach, which actually concentrates or focuses more on students bringing out the innovativeness, the talent in them" he disclosed
Furthmore It's about giving students a space to experiment what they dream, rather than just pouring a certain knowledge in them, whether good or not, and forcing them to bring that same knowledge back for examination.
" Why don't we do like the West does by opening spaces, providing laboratory equipment, workshops and things, and then giving mini-projects to the students to innovate themselves and bring something out. This is why universities today, we believe, have to be supported with centres of excellence to pioneer this agenda" he stated
He further used the opportunity to praise organisations for such initiative by putting together something called the Makerspace, for instance Entrepreneurship and Incubation Centre that Accra Technical University is currently piloting. "For the industry players, we think that we need a deeper collaboration with them. They need to be part of the training of the students from the onset till they graduate" he indicated.
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| HRM Queen Vickylextar |
HRM Queen Vickylextar, Omanye Royal kingdom (Canada) also added The creativity is incredible and All everyone need the right support and the right exposure.
"The prospects are there, the ideas are there, but we need to support them and find a way to get them heard worldwide. Alright, so your point of view when it comes to the entire program? " she questioned
Also the entire program today has been organized very well. And it was started on time, which is one of the things I found lacking in a lot of places she noted.
One of the awardees, Christiana Akatore,Bogatanga technical university also use the opportunity to thank School authorities for such initiative to celebrate and support students.
Reported by Azaglo Michael
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