Education ยท Peter Amaane
TVET designed to enhance apprenticeship training
Guidance and Counselling Coordinator and Gender Desk Officer at Eastern Regional Commission for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, CTVET Service, in Koforidua, Mary Tangmee has explained that the national Technical and Vocational Education Training, TVET framework is designed to improve the traditional apprenticeship by formalizing it.
Speaking at a grand durbar to climax the 2026 Eastern Regional conference of the Ghana National Tailors and Dressmakers Association, GNTDA held in Koforidua, the Eastern Regional capital, she noted that under the current TVET framework, learners receive standardized training, assessed formally and are issued with nationally recognised certificates.
She commended tailors and dressmakers stating that they have served as custodians of tailoring and dressmaking skills passing values and knowledge from one generation to another.
She appreciated their role in assessing the competency of apprentices.
Madam Tangmee stated that as master craft people, their responsibilities go beyond teaching learners how to sew to equipping them with practical competencies that are relevant in the contemporary fashion and garment industry.
"You serve as a bridge between training and industry. You understand the needs of customers and the demands of the market. You must therefore equip learners not only with technical skills but also with customer relations, quality finishing, business ethics and entrepreneurship. These competencies will prepare them for employment, self-employment or successful business management" Madam Tangmee stated
The Eastern Regional Director for the Centre for National Culture, CNC, Dorcas Salamatu Alhasan reiterated that tailors and dressmakers create jobs, thereby helping reduce unemployment in the country.
The two-day conference was attended by representatives of TVET, Ministry of the Trade and Agribusiness, national executive members of the GNTDA, master craftpeople, and apprentices.
It afforded tailors and dressmakers the opportunity to take stock of the past and deepen the unity that binds members of the association.