A tracer study of visual skills-trained diploma graduates from Komenda College of Education.

Abstract

One of the major challenges facing Ghana is the provision of a pool of well-trained skilled artisans and technicians to meet the requirements of the country’s socio economic development activities. In the last three decades, the Ghanaian government developed vocational and skills training programmes as integral parts of broader strategies to promote development and employment. The emphasis is on training people for self-employment and the policy framework to promote science and technology and its curriculum design and delivery to meet the labour market. Despite efforts to revamp vocational training, challenges persist, including inadequate funding, outdated curricula, and lack of industrial partnership. Furthermore, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programmes suffer from infrastrastructure, inadequate instructor training, and limited access to apprenticeships.Additionally, the prevalence of informal, unstandardized training programmes hinders the development of a competent workforce. This study is a tracer study that was undertaken at the Komenda College of Education, Komenda. It evaluates the outcomes or results of the education and training provided in the institution and gouges out information concerning experiences and the correspondence between educational qualification and required teaching skills. The study gathered that student-teachers encountered numerous challenges during their training at the school. It also identified that the experiences of student-teachers at the Komenda College of Education significantly influenced their social and cooperate life after completion of their programme at the above named institution. The training gained at the college of education made most of the Diploma Graduates fully employed by the government. On the other hand, the study recommends that Komenda College of Education (KMCE) and Teacher Education Division (TED) should pay attention to the Visual Arts programme under the Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET). Since TVET comprises Visual Arts, Technical and Home Economics. Again, much attention is on the Home Economics and Technical. If you take the Basic Design and Technology (BDT) curriculum, little is found on Visual Arts.