Education Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, on Wednesday, opened the first ever Zonal Skills Competition to be held in Ghana.
The competition is expected to inspire world-class excellence in skills development and to introduce the youth to a variety of skilled careers.
The 2018 Zonal and National Skills Competitions being organised by the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET), in conjunction with WorldSkills International (WSI) an global hub for skills excellence and development.
The theme for this year’s competition is “Skills for Jobs and National Development”.
The development of skills in the country is one of the areas the government is paying critical attention to. While several factors influence Ghana’s industrialisation effort, one significant factor that will contribute to the success of the “Ghana Beyond Aid” agenda is the development of a technical and vocational-skilled labour force.
Speaking at the event, Education Minister, Dr. Opoku Prempeh noted the immense contribution to global skills development.
WorldSkills International, he said, “works through international corporation and development between industry, organisations, and institutions, to promote the benefits of and need for skills professionals through grass-roots community projects, skills competitions, and knowledge exchange.”
He added that the “Ghana Skills Competition” will also be held on that basis but will be held in alternating years with the international competitions.
For the zonal competitions, the country is divided into two zones; the Northern Zone and the Southern Zone. The Northern Zone consists of Upper West, Upper East, Northern, Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions.
The Southern Zone consists of Western, Central, Eastern, Volta and Greater Accra Regions.
The Zonal competitions begun on September 19 and will run through to the 21st, while the National Competitions will be held from November 6th – 9th.
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