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CAMFED Ghana, TVET Service partner to advance rights of females, PWDs
Campaign for Female Education (CAMFED Ghana) and the Ghana Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Service have signed a partnership to promote the rights of females and persons with disability in TVET institutions.
The Memorandum of Partnership (MoP), signed on Wednesday, January 21, provides a framework for collaboration on programmes of mutual interest and shared priorities.
A release copied to the Ghana News Agency said CAMFED Ghana would work with the Ghana TVET Service to integrate CAMFED’s Learner Guide Programme into TVET schools.
“The organisations will also champion the TVET rights of females and persons with disability through advocacy and policy engagement, while promoting the TVET sector in Ghana overall,” it said.
Under the agreed framework, the Ghana TVET Service would inform CAMFED’s alumnae network, known as the CAMFED Association (CAMA), about opportunities for training, apprenticeship and employment within the TVET sector.
It said CAMFED Ghana would, in turn, support the Ghana TVET Service to model CAMFED’s give-back programme and institutionalise an alumni programme modelled around the CAMA network.
The agreement further states that the two institutions would collaborate to promote child protection and safeguarding practices in the TVET sector in line with CAMFED’s Child Protection Policy and Code of Practice.
“It is CAMFED’s firm belief that the working partnership with Ghana TVET Service will be a huge step towards promoting participation of females in male-dominated TVET areas, while integrating some of its best practices in the TVET sector as part of its systems transformation agenda,” the release added.
The Ghana TVET Service, an agency under the Ministry of Education, was established by the Pre-Tertiary Education Act, 2020, as a corporate body to manage, oversee and implement approved national policies and programmes relating to pre-tertiary technical and vocational education and training.
It is mandated to ensure effective regulation, coordination, standardisation and quality of instruction in TVET, recognising the sector as a key driver of Ghana’s industrialisation agenda.
In August last year, CAMFED Ghana signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Ghana Enterprises Agency (GEA) to champion the entrepreneurial rights of young women through advocacy and policy engagement.
The partnership sought, among other objectives, to deepen the work of District Business Committees while mainstreaming child protection and safeguarding practices in skills development training for Ghanaian youth.
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National Democratic Congress (NDC) National Executive Committee member and Volta River Authority (VRA) Board Member, Wonder Victor Kutor, has described calls for the resignation of Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa as premature and unjustified.
He argued that there was no evidence to establish that the minister had committed any wrongdoing to warrant such demands.
Speaking on Joy News in Accra on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, Mr Kutor questioned what had changed to justify the growing calls for the minister to step down.
He recalled that the Ranking Member on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, had earlier indicated that the opposition was not accusing Mr Ablakwa of any wrongdoing.
Mr Kutor, therefore, challenged those demanding the minister’s resignation to provide fresh evidence to support their position.
“The call for the Minister to resign is premature, it is untenable. There is no evidence. I mean, what has he done wrong?” he questioned.
He added that documents, including boarding passes, airline receipts and flight manifests relating to the minister’s return journey, had been provided.
Mr Kutor expressed concern that the calls for Mr Ablakwa’s resignation could discourage young politicians from speaking out against corruption and advocating transparency.
According to him, politicians should not be targeted or maligned for demanding accountability, warning that such treatment could create the impression that speaking against corruption could later become a liability when one is appointed to public office.
He maintained that calling for accountability and transparency should not be used as grounds to target public officials without evidence of wrongdoing.
By: Jacob Aggrey
Ghana will host the Africa Festival of Arts, Culture and Creatives (AFESTAC) 2026 alongside Industrial Skills Week Africa (ISWA) 2026 in Accra from December 9 to 12, 2026.
On the back of these programmes, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has called on corporate Ghana, the media and the general public to support the initiative through partnerships, sponsorships and active participation.
The events, supported by the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), will bring together stakeholders to celebrate Africa’s rich cultural heritage, strengthen the creative economy, promote industrial skills development and create employment opportunities for young people.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
