Central Regional TVET Coordinator Blames Residents of Cape Coast For High Unemployment Rate
The Central Regional Coordinator for
the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET), Patrick Adu Sarfo
has attributed Cape Coast's high rate of unemployment to resident's
unwillingness to learn a trade.
According to him, many young men and
women in Cape Coast have nothing to hold onto as occupation yet appears
reluctant to enroll in a vocational training for the acquisition of hands-on
skills to help them establish their own businesses and be self-reliant.
Mr. Patrick Adu Sarfo made this assertion
at the maiden graduation ceremony of the Akotokyirman Vocational Training
Institute in Cape Coast which saw six (6) make-up artists graduate into full
time professionals.
He expressed delight about how
residents of Swedru, Assin Fosu and Dunkwa-On-Offin all in the Central Region
are always utilizing vocational training to their benefit. However, he bemoaned
the lackadaisical attitude of those in Cape Coast being the regional capital.
The Regional TVET Coordinator further
commended the graduands for their wonderful showcase of skills acquired at the
institution and encouraged others to emulate them by enrolling at the
vocational institute to acquire a skill for the future.
He also charged parents and guardians
to support their wards with the essential working materials and tools needed
for them to effectively learn their chosen trade.
The Mpuntuhene of Akotokyir, Nana Kojo
Nyarko Arhin l, described the occasion as a subset of the school's main
graduations yet to come.
He, however, urged young men in the
community to enroll themselves in female dominated trades like make-up
artistry, manicure, and pedicure, since women now sought to venture into male
dominated trades as well.
In a media engagement, Evelyn Arthur,
one of the graduands advised the youths in the country particularly ladies to acquire
a skill to better their lives and not
depend on men for financial support which will at the end amount to nothing.