THE Anum Presbyterian Vocational Training Centre in the Asuogyaman District scored 100 per cent in the final examination of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) last year.
All the 50 students registered excelled in dressmaking, building construction, carpentry and electricals and are already in gainful employment.
The centre manager, Mr Desmond A. Ababio, disclosed this at the inauguration of a nine-member management committee, and fundraising ceremony for the purchase of 20 computers for the secretarial department of the centre.
He said the excellent tuition offered at the centre pushed some students into early employment because they were prematurely offered jobs by companies to which they were attached for practical work.
Mr Ababio noted that some of the students were forced to drop out of school due to the inability of their parents to pay fees and that 10 female students got pregnant within six months of starting the course and could, therefore, not complete it.
He said the school curriculum would be expanded to include cookery, refrigeration and air-conditioning and will also extend its catchment area to serve more communities.
In an address read on his behalf, the National Director of the National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI), Mr Stephen Asamoah, said the government was committed to giving hope to the youth and that more facilities would be provided to embrace more youth into vocational training to buttress the need for a flexible labour market.
That, he said, would make the nation prosperous and reduce the high rate of youth unemployment.
He announced that Mathematics, English Language and Entrepreneurial Skills would be introduced into their final examinations.
The management committee members are: Reverend Alex Owusu Addo, Mr Eric Duvor, Mr A. D. Adzei, Mr George Dua, Mr Desmond Ababio, Mr Eric Asante, Mr Samuel Perbi, Ms Alice Dolley and Nana Okyepim Adu IV.
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