The Government of Ghana has pledged its support to GH Schools, one of the country’s leading Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, as it rolls out a 24-hour, round-the-clock education system to expand access to technical and vocational training and ease admission pressures.
At the official launch, the Rector of the school, Leslie Addo Listowell, explained that the Round-the-Clock Learning model introduces additional sessions beyond the traditional morning (8 a.m.–12 p.m.) and afternoon (1 p.m.–5 p.m.) classes. The new structure includes:
Dawn session: 4 a.m.–8 a.m.
Evening session: 6 p.m.–10 p.m.
A proposed midnight school may also be added.
Speaking at the launch, Programme Lead for the government’s 24-Hour Economy and Accelerated Export Development, Samlara Baah, underscored the importance of equipping young people not only for today’s job market but also for the future.
“We are excited about the opportunity to partner with GH Media School. At the end of the day, all of this boils down to skills training. Our goal is to ensure that we’ve always talked about training. But once you’ve been trained, what happens? You cannot just sit at home. So we really are looking at how we connect you to work post-training.”
She highlighted Aspire 24, a youth skills development and digital training programme, as a potential area for collaboration with GH Schools.
“With Aspire 24, as we talk about skills training, technology, agriculture, exports, all of it fits together under one vision, and that works 24 hours a day. Where young people are equipped, not just for today, but for our future.”
On the sidelines of the event, the Rector noted that the school is consistently oversubscribed, particularly in fashion, catering, and multimedia, and the new initiative aims to ease admission constraints.
“This bold initiative is because, first of all, we want to resolve our internal problems. So our internal problem is that because of the good things we do here, we normally have overflows. So, for example, last semester, we had to end admissions, and we had almost about 96 to 98 students who could not get admissions. We realized that we can resolve these issues when we hop onto the 24-hour initiative that the government has for us.”
He further clarified that GH Schools remains non-partisan, focusing solely on leveraging opportunities to benefit the youth.
“Anything that is creative, we will do it, and we are open to ideas. We are not political. We are just taking advantage of every opportunity, so that we can give the young ones a skill.”
The event, themed “Round the Clock TVET Education: Key to Increasing Access to Skill Acquisition Among the Youth for National Development”, was attended by traditional leaders, including the Paramount Chief and Queen Mother of Abofu, Pentecost University’s Director of Postgraduate Studies, Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Tetteh, and George Gyamfi, representative of the Achimota Police Command.
