The Impact of TVET on Ghana's Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study of ICCES TVET Skills Training in Two Regions of Ghana

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
The Impact of TVET on Ghana's Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study of ICCES TVET Skills Training in Two Regions of Ghana
Abstract
Integrated Community Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES) is an agency under the Ministry of Employment and Social Welfare with policy objective of filling the gap in employment generation by developing the young human resources in line with the poverty alleviation goal of the government of Ghana. The purpose of the study was to find out how the ICCES training programmes are achieving their purpose of increasing access of young person’s to skills acquisition and empowerment for productive employment. To harness the needed information, questionnaire, interview and observation, were employed in gathering data from the subjects. The results suggest that participants in the survey had all conferred that the programmes have being helpful to the communities in securing suitable employment that allows them to generate income within the social, family and financial constraints that they face in their communities and as such their social and economic status has being impacted positively.
Publication
American International Journal of Contemporary Research
Pages
3
Date
2014
Language
en
Extra
zotzenLib.CopiedFrom: 2317526:SLL6D8NZ
Citation
Pongo, N., Effah, B., & Osei-Owusu, B. (2014). The Impact of TVET on Ghana’s Socio-Economic Development: A Case Study of ICCES TVET Skills Training in Two Regions of Ghana. American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 3. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bernard_Effah/publication/261146524_The_Impact_of_TVET_on_Ghana’s_Socio-Economic_Development_A_Case_Study_of_ICCES_TVET_Skills_Training_in_Two_Regions_of_Ghana/links/00b495335790e9baf5000000.pdf