Orange Knowledge Programme: Reviving ATVET in Ghana by integrating Farm Institutions.
AIM: Reviving Agricultural Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ATVET) in Ghana by integrating Farm Institutions (FI’s) in the wider agricultural education system with public agricultural colleges and universities.
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- Institutional and center accreditation secured for the program’s implementation.
- 30 staff of the FI have received training in CBT facilitation and have therefore been certified and registered by CTVET to facilitate CBT programs
- Content related curriculum implementation capacity building was done for the all the new developed courses – to implement the curriculum in a more practical manner.
- Entrepreneurship and income generation activities have been stimulated on the various campuses of the FI through investments in areas such as: Poultry, Livestock, Aquaculture, Honey bee production, Agro processing, etc
- Strategic plan development – to give the FI a new focus
- Website and moodle (e-learning platforms)
- Developed a system for regular monitoring of graduates
- Investing in construction of green markets, new poultry structures and other tools and equipment required for accreditation and for the implementation of the new programs
- Various capacity development initiatives including:
- CBT
- Gender
- Entrepreneurship and business development
- Making the business case
- Greening and CSA
- Minority inclusion in ATVET – BEST model
- Website and moodle (e-learning platforms)
- Staff development plan developed
- Gender strategy developed
- Quality assurance plan development
- Branding and marketing – (rebranding of the FI) to refer to as centers of excellence in Agri-preneurship
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Six CBT Programs in Agric developed:
- Agripreneurship NCII
- Poultry production NCII
- Arable Crops Production NCII
- Tree Crops Production (Cocoa) NCII
- Agric Mechanization NCII
- Livestock Production NCII