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Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training
(COTVET)

UNEVOC Centre (National Body) since 2015

The Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) is a national body set up by an Act of Parliament of the Republic of Ghana (Act 718 of 2006) to coordinate and oversee all aspects of Technical and Vocational Education and Training in the country. It is also to formulate national policies on skills development across pre-tertiary and tertiary levels of education, in both the formal and informal sectors.

COTVET is the REGULATOR of the TVET sector. It is not a training provider.

Mission

To coordinate and oversee a TVET system that produces globally competitive workforce through quality oriented and demand-driven learning for national development.

Vision

To be a world-class leader in coordinating skills development.

Objectives

Our major objective is to formulate policies for skills development across the broad spectrum of pre-tertiary and tertiary education, formal, informal and non-formal sectors.

COTVET has been tasked with the following functions:

• Formulate policies on skills development
• Coordinate, harmonize and supervise activities of both public and private providers
• Rationalize assessment and certification system
• Quality assure delivery within TVET
• Maintain a national database on TVET
• Facilitate research and development in TVET
• Source funding to support TVET activities
• Facilitate cooperation between training providers and industry
• Advise Government on matters related to TVET management

Regular tasks

• Coordination, harmonization and supervision of the activities of private and public providers of TVET, including the informal sector.
• Taking measures to ensure quality in delivery of and equity in access to TVET
• Facilitating Public Private Partnership in the development of skills and TVET
• Involving Sector Skills Bodies/Councils in the generation of occupational standards and programmes
• Maintaining a national database on TVET and Skills requirements by industry
• Facilitating research and development in the TVET system
• Sourcing funding to support TVET activities

Focus and interest