He has also announced the establishment of TVET universities in each of the six newly created regions. Let me assure that, our program of technical and vocational education are comprehensive and far-reaching. In 2013, an NDC government under John Mahama thought it prudent to convert polytechnics into technical universities and accordingly legislation was enacted to support the polytechnic-university migration. The Bill making that possible was assented to by Mahama in 2016 and the various polytechnics that met the necessary criteria were converted into technical universities. “We mean business when we talk about revitalizing our Technical and Vocational Education and Training,” Dr. Prempeh said.

Source: GhanaWeb January 17, 2020 06:22 UTC