Teachers and heads of institutions in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions in the Ashanti Region are calling for a major shift in how entrepreneurship is taught across the country.
This concern was raised during a three-day workshop organized by the Ashanti Regional TVET Directorate in collaboration with RANT Academy.
Facilitators from various TVET institutions, shared some of the major challenges they face in teaching subjects, including outdated syllabus, inadequate teaching materials, and low student engagement.
According to them, the current teaching model remains largely theoretical, limiting students’ ability to apply concepts in real business settings.
“Initially, we just delivered the theoretical materials as given to us. But now, we’ve come to understand that entrepreneurship is not just about theory. Our learners should be able to set up their own businesses even while in school,” one facilitator said.
Another participant described the workshop as a turning point, adding that it will equipped them to mentor their students beyond classroom instruction.
“We’ll be introducing project-based learning, where students bring their own ideas and pitch them. This way, they learn by doing and become more confident in their abilities,” she noted.
The Ashanti Regional Director for TVET, Richard Addo-Gyamfi, who visited the training, commended the facilitators for their enthusiasm and described them as pioneers of a national vision to make entrepreneurship training more practical and results-driven.
“Your success in implementing what you’ve learned here will determine how far this program goes. The director general is watching closely, and your results will shape the next phase of this initiative,” he told the participants.
Trainers from RANT Academy, a UK-based entrepreneurship training institute led by Founder and Programs Director Lizzy Lambie, described the enthusiasm among participants as remarkable.
“At the start, many were closed off to new approaches. But by the third day, they were thinking differently. More creatively and more openly,” she said.
Director of Operations at RANT Academy, Paul Lambie, added that the impact was already visible. “We’re equipping facilitators with both hard and soft skills that make them employable and confident enough to start their own ventures,” he revealed.
The Administrator at the Ashanti Regional TVET Directorate, Linda Agyei, explained that the initiative stems from the Directorate’s broader vision to make TVET training more meaningful and self-sustaining.
As part of the workshop, trainers and officials visited selected TVET institutions across the region to interact with students and principals, sensitising them to the upcoming entrepreneurship clubs and rallying institutional support for the success of the initiative.
The facilitators, who form the first batch of trainees under the program, are expected to establish entrepreneurship clubs in their respective institutions over the next four months, targeting final-year students ahead of their completion in mid-2026.
The grand launch of the initiative is scheduled for January 12, 2026, in the Ashanti Region, where the outcomes of the pilot phase will be shared.
Source: Jude Fiagbe