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Ghana: Vocational And Technology Institute Commissioned At Agona Duakwa
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Public Agenda (Accra)
29 October 2007
Posted to the web 29 October 2007
Wisdom Dzidedi Donkor
Agona Duakwa
A Vocational and technology institute was on Thursday commissioned at Agona Duakwa in the Central Region to provide the opportunity for unemployed youth and school dropouts in the Agona District to acquire appropriate skills and technology to earn income and reduce poverty.
The Duakwa Vocational Technology Institute (DVTI) is a non-profit educational institution established by Dateline Foundation, an NGO founded by Mr. Kojo Yankah, a former MP for Agona West and a former Central Regional Minister.
Admission to DVTI is open to all, including illiterateS and unemployed youth, middle school leaving certificate holders, JSS graduates, apprentices, post-apprentice candidates and other school dropouts.
Courses offered at the Institute include; refrigeration and air-conditioning, electrical installation, dressmaking, tailoring, carpentry and joinery, block-making, plumbing, tie and dye, batik making, electronic repair and maintenance and computer literacy.
Others include agriculture, ceramics, basic english courses, and recreational/ cultural activities. The Institute is also equipped with a library facility (Yaa Nyarkoa Library) pioneered by the late Pharra Dewindt which boasts of some 25,000 volumes of books to serve the community.
The Institute is affiliated to the National Coordinating Committee on Technical and Vocational Educational and Training (NACVET) and other bodies that seek to enhance the vocational and technological skills of the youth.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, the Deputy Central Regional Minister, Honourable Samuel Kwaku Obodai commended the initiators of the project since it would alleviate the unemployment problem in the region.
According to him, the situation where all Information Technology Centres are been situated in the city keeps making the Information-rich, richer and the Information-poor poorer. He said the citing of an IT centre at Agona Duakwa is a step worth recommending, as it would help in bridging the information gap between the rural and urban areas.
He explained that not only will the DVTI serve the unemployment needs of the youth in the region but that it would also help in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
On his part, Mr. Kojo Yankah lamented the rate at which children of school going age are roaming in town and indulging in all sorts of activities such as smoking, drinking and sexual activities.
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He said such behaviors would only help in breeding social misfits in society, which to him would not be favourable to anybody.
He urged all parents to equip their children with skills for the future. "When you don't have a skill, you have no business" he said. According to him Bill Gate did not have a University Education before discovering the use of the computer and so one does not only need a degree to perform.
The chief of Agona Duakwa Nana Kojo Amuakwa V on behalf of his people commended the initiators for bringing technology to the town. He said his town is one of the few lucky ones in the rural areas to have an IT centre and urged his people to make good use of the facility in securing a successful future.
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