The Black Queens of Ghana have made a bold step towards securing a place in the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) tournament with a 3-1 victory over Namibia, at the Accra Sports Stadium on Friday.
With hundreds of Ghanaians booking their holiday venue at Ghana’s Wembley, the Queens knew they had an assignment to accomplish – to continue their winning streak under Coach Nora Häuptle.
A brace from Doris Boaduwaa and a superb goal from Portia Boakye sealed Ghana’s win over their opponents, as they head to the second leg with a two-goal advantage.
The Black Queens started the game being the better side as usual, mounting pressure in the early minutes of the game.
But Coach Nora’s side were held by a stubborn Namibian side who kept their defensive line clean to frustrate the home team, Ghana.
Boaduwaa stepped up as the heroine to break the virginity of the game as she took advantage of a poor defensive setup by the visitors in the 26th minute to give the Queens the lead.
Portia Boakye continued th
e impressive run for her side to increase the woes of Namibia with a long corner kick before halftime, which gave Ghana a 2-0 lead.
After recess, Boaduwaa was still on fire to destroy the Namibian side as she danced through the defense of Namibia in the 58th minute to slot in her second for the night.
But the 69th minute saw a poor defensive tactic from the Ghanaians, which led to a goal in favour of the opponents.
This is the first time the Ghana side has conceded under the Swiss gaffer, Nora Häuptle.
An exciting 90 minutes of play could not change the story, as the game ended with the Black Queens leading 3-1.
Ghana will play as visitors against Namibia in the second leg encounter, scheduled for Tuesday December 05, 2023 at the Locas Moripe Stadium in South Africa.
Source: Ghana News Agency
The Ministry of Education, through the State Department for Technical Vocational Education Training (TVET), will ensure competency-based education and training (CBET) is fully implemented across all the TVET institutions in the country.
Speaking at the Eldoret National Polytechnic in Eldoret, Uasin Gishu, during a CBET delivery workshop for all TVET principals in Rift Valley, the Principal Secretary State Department for TVET, Dr. Esther Muoria, said the department will roll out the CBET model of training and at the same time recraft the curriculum to address the skills gap among the youth.
She added that they have also begun retooling the trainers to enable them to pass over to youth industry-based skills.
She noted that they have re-energised the curriculum through the Curriculum Delivery Assessment and Certification Council (CDAC), an examining body of TVETs.
‘We have been going around other regions to ensure that CBET is being well delivered; we have put in place a CBET delivery unit to go around the
whole country and see to it that we have shifted from theory training to competency-based training,’ she said.
She further noted that CBET is skilling the youth through partnerships with industry and other working partners to ensure 50 to 70 per cent of the training of the youth is going to be done in industry and the other 50 to 30 per cent in the classroom setting.
‘One of the other things that the department wants to do is train with the industry, if it is the textile industry, like in this region, we have Rivatex that has developed an MoU with this institution so that our students train partly here and partly at Rivatex,’ said Dr. Muoria.
She indicated that by the time our young people are graduating, they will not only have the skills but also have been integrated into that industry.
Dr. Muoria said that CBET is ideal for ensuring the youth acquire the requisite skills to work in industries outside the country.
She added that the department, in collaboration with GIZ and other working partners, is d
oing its best to link all the technical institutions to industries, especially the Jua Kali industries and Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to ensure the youth learn skills.
The PS hinted at the TVET framework for assessment and certification on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), where someone who may have acquired skills and experience in a certain field, like arts and others, can be assessed in the TVETs and be awarded a certificate.
On his part, TVET/CDACC CEO/Council Secretary, Prof. Kisilu Kitainge, said that they are going to develop TVET curriculum while reviewing the one in place to ensure that it complies with the expectations of industry.
‘We are continuing to review and also develop others that have not been in existence; the assessment is ongoing,’ said Kitainge.
Prof. Kitainge said that the council is set to release all certificates by December 20th this year for all CBET assessments for those who did their assessments earlier.
The CEO revealed that there are 7256 students cu
rrently sitting for assessment and that the number is expected to rise to more than 100,000 for the March 2024 assessment.
Source: Kenya News Agency
