[ 2015-04-23 ]

New technical University set to improve manufacturing sector
Ghana’s manufacturing sector will soon receive a
major boost as GRATIS Foundation finalizes
discussions with major stakeholders to set up a
purely technical University in the country.

The University, which is expected to begin
operations by end of the 3rd quarter of this year
will produce graduates with practical training to
drive the industrial resuscitation of the
country.

Chief Executive officer of the Foundation,
Emmanuel Asiedu speaking to JoyBusiness said the a
yet unnamed university has the potential of
equipping the citizenry with the tools needed to
create sustainable jobs in the country.

“We want to upgrade the apprentice training that
we’re doing because modern gadgets require
higher intellect and skills. Our traditional
Universities are training people just the
theory” he announced.

Mr. Asiedu questioned why most institutions of
higher learning in the country are not giving
their students “hands-on training” and stated
that the technical university will bridge that gap
by equipping its students with real practical
training to address the phenomenon where most
mechanics are getting technical training from what
he called “way-side mechanical shops” without
the needed theoretical education to back them.

According to Mr Asiedu, there should be “a blend
of the two – an institution that would admit
students right from the Senior High or Technical
Schools and train them right away with all the
skills and the theory needed. We can make our own
cars, our own machines and virtually everything
that we need as a people right here in Ghana.”

Source - MyjoyOnline

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