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newtimesonline.com - 15 Deaf Vocational Students Pass Out
Fifteen students of the vocational department of the Volta School for the Deaf, who excelled in the maiden National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) Proficiency Grade Two examination in 2008, have been presented with their certificates.
Mr. Cudjoe D.S. Dzotepeh, headmaster of the school called on stakeholders to modernise the format and content of vocational programmes and make training more demand-driven for the special schools.
He lauded the Special Education Division’s new reforms of placing equal emphasis on academic education on one hand and technical and vocational programmes on the other, for the disabled in the schools, to make them more productive and employable.
Mr. Dzotepeh noted that Junior and Senior High school graduates in special schools, before the reform, were left to their fate especially, in their vocational future education, as many, could not continue with the academic programmes, resulting in streetism and begging for alms and other negative activities.
He said the new programme is designed to enrol hearing impaired students who are unable to proceed to senior high school.
"It is expected that the one year general vocational programme which preceded a two-year specialised programme, this would enable the teachers and pupils to identify their interests and needs for proper placement," he said.
Mr. Dzotepeh said programmes offered include dressmaking, tailoring, carpentry, kente weaving, batik tie and dye, leading to the award of NVTI certificate Grades Two and One respectively.
The teaching process for the vocational programme include English Language, basic mathematics, social studies, personal hygiene, information communication technology , theoretical subjects, practical teaching and apprenticeship.
The headmaster said about 70 per cent of the training would be allocated to practical activities at the workshop to facilitate skills acquisition and products becoming self-reliant to contribute to national development.
Mr. Dzotepeh, however advised parents to liaise with the school to look for service providers in the communities where students are expected to undertake industrial attachment during vacation.
He said successful candidates would be registered for the NVTI grade one examination after performance monitoring and evaluation.
Fifteen students of the vocational department of the Volta School for the Deaf, who excelled in the maiden National Vocational Training Institute (NVTI) Proficiency Grade Two examination in 2008, have been presented with their certificates.
Mr. Cudjoe D.S. Dzotepeh, headmaster of the school called on stakeholders to modernise the format and content of vocational programmes and make training more demand-driven for the special schools.
He lauded the Special Education Division’s new reforms of placing equal emphasis on academic education on one hand and technical and vocational programmes on the other, for the disabled in the schools, to make them more productive and employable.
Mr. Dzotepeh noted that Junior and Senior High school graduates in special schools, before the reform, were left to their fate especially, in their vocational future education, as many, could not continue with the academic programmes, resulting in streetism and begging for alms and other negative activities.
He said the new programme is designed to enrol hearing impaired students who are unable to proceed to senior high school.
"It is expected that the one year general vocational programme which preceded a two-year specialised programme, this would enable the teachers and pupils to identify their interests and needs for proper placement," he said.
Mr. Dzotepeh said programmes offered include dressmaking, tailoring, carpentry, kente weaving, batik tie and dye, leading to the award of NVTI certificate Grades Two and One respectively.
The teaching process for the vocational programme include English Language, basic mathematics, social studies, personal hygiene, information communication technology , theoretical subjects, practical teaching and apprenticeship.
The headmaster said about 70 per cent of the training would be allocated to practical activities at the workshop to facilitate skills acquisition and products becoming self-reliant to contribute to national development.
Mr. Dzotepeh, however advised parents to liaise with the school to look for service providers in the communities where students are expected to undertake industrial attachment during vacation.
He said successful candidates would be registered for the NVTI grade one examination after performance monitoring and evaluation.