Patrick Opoku Fofie, Ashanti Regional Coordinator of the National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP), has introduced that about 2,000 apprentices are anticipated to get pleasure from the programme within the area as govt intensifies efforts to take on formative years unemployment.

He disclosed this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) all over a presentation of apparatus to chose beneficiaries at Twedie within the Atwima Kwanwoma District.

He mentioned the initiative, recently at its piloting level, used to be designed to offer structured coaching, monetary strengthen and certification to younger other people pursuing vocational trades.

According to Mr. Fofie, the pilot segment within the Ashanti Region used to be concentrated on roughly 400 grasp craft individuals (MCPs) and about 2,000 apprentices throughout more than a few districts and constituencies.

“Initially, we planned to engage ten master craft persons per district, but due to delays in the process, we adjusted the number to six in some areas to allow us to move to the next batch and keep the programme on course,” he defined.

In the Atwima Kwanwoma District, six grasp craft individuals have been decided on, with every of them assigned 5 apprentices, bringing the whole beneficiaries within the district to 30 apprentices and 6 masters.

Under the association, the programme supplies trendy operating gear and gear to each masters and apprentices.

Beyond apparatus, the programme additionally covers the entire coaching charges of the apprentices as govt will pay the agreed coaching price immediately to the grasp craft individuals in accordance with the collection of apprentices assigned to them.

Mr. Fofie mentioned bills are processed immediately during the Bank of Ghana into beneficiaries’ company accounts, getting rid of middlemen and lowering the danger of misappropriation.

“We don’t care for the finances ourselves.

We validate the checklist, and bills cross instantly to the beneficiaries.

That is why this programme is structured to be clear and sustainable,” he stressed out.

The apprenticeship scheme operates below a contractual framework to make sure that grasp craft individuals fulfil their coaching duties.

Upon final touch, apprentices will obtain certificate, whilst coaching amenities can also be authorized below the programme.

Mr. Fofie famous that the cautious implementation of the pilot segment, which had spanned a number of months demonstrated govt’s dedication to construction a sturdy device reasonably than launching a short-lived intervention.

He expressed self belief that when absolutely scaled, the programme would considerably make bigger get right of entry to to vocational talents coaching within the Ashanti Region, equipping no less than 2,000 younger other people with employable talents and sensible enjoy.

Mrs. Grace Agyemang Asamoah, the District Chief Executive, recommended President John Dramani Mahama for introducing tge converting initiative that might have a long-lasting affect at the Ghanaian formative years.

She mentioned the National Apprenticeship Programme used to be transparent proof that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) govt used to be satisfying its marketing campaign commitments via sensible interventions aimed toward lowering unemployment and empowering younger other people with employable talents.

Mrs. Asamoah instructed the formative years to grasp the chance offered by means of the programme to grow to be their lives, stressing that the innovator being made in them should be justified via determination, self-discipline and tough paintings.

She inspired beneficiaries to take their coaching severely to change into self-reliant and financially unbiased.

DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by means of Readers and Contributors in this platform don’t essentially constitute the perspectives or coverage of Multimedia Group Limited.

DISCLAIMER: The Views, Comments, Opinions, Contributions and Statements made by means of Readers and Contributors in this platform don’t essentially constitute the perspectives or coverage of Multimedia Group Limited.