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Skills development, employment and sustained growth in Ghana: Sustainability challenges

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Palmer, Robert
International Journal of Educational Development
Journal · Vol. 29 · Issue 2 · pp. 133-139
Abstract

Against a backdrop of some two decades of sustained economic growth in Ghana, this paper argues that there are a series of sustainability challenges related to technical and vocational skills development (TVSD) that need to be addressed. This paper analyses several sustainability dimensions of TVSD related to: promoting the sustainability of education-for-all achievements through expanding post-basic education and TVSD; identifying sustainable financing mechanisms for an expansion of TVSD; promoting and sustaining equitable access; ensuring that expansion in quantity does not lead to a compromise on the achievement and sustainability of quality and relevance issues; promoting the sustainability of TVSD expansion by widening opportunities for lifelong learning; creating an enabling environment for skills utilization through sustainable employment growth. © 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Sustainability TVET skills development employment Ghana growth

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Employment learning sustainability skilled labor Ghana Sub-saharan africa economic growth Africa West Africa
Author Affiliations
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Funding & Acknowledgements
Economic and Social Research Council, ESRC
The research for this paper was funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. The author would like to thank Kenneth King and Peter Rosa, both of the University of Edinburgh, for comments on earlier drafts. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 9th UKFIET International Conference on Education and Development. Going for Growth? School, Community, Economy, Nation. Oxford 11–13th September, 2007.
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