Action Fact Sheet

GHANA
(Request 004)

REQUESTER
NABPTEX
National Board for
Professional and Technician
Examinations

BACKGROUND
PARTNERS OF REQUESTER
The National Board for Professional and Technician Examinations (NABPTEX),
Ministry of Education, Council
established in 1994, has four core mandates: (i) to formulate and administer
schemes of exams; (ii) to evaluate training programmes; (iii) to assess and (iv) for Technical and Vocational
to certify final diplomas for non-university tertiary institutions, professional Education and Training,
bodies and other private institutions. National Accreditation Board,
National Council for Tertiary
NABPTEX mission is to establish quality standards and facilitate the acquisition
of competencies required in the world of work, through the development of Education
industry-relevant curricula and administration of schemes of examinations.
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Currently, the Board regulates 8 technical universities, 2 polytechnics, 45
private tertiary institutions and over 157 technical institutes throughout
GIZ
Ghana.

INTERVENTION

IDENTIFIED NEED • Future skills forecasting

Revision of curriculum and current practices mandated by NABPTEX’s. • Curriculum review

The curricula which ought to be revised on a regular basis (NABPTEX’s own and development
target: latest after 5 years) have only partially been revised (2009/2010, 11
curricula were revised). Outdated curricula are particularly problematic in • Capacity building for
highly technical fields. Besides, training support is requested on how to adjust NABPTEX staff and relevant
a curriculum to the Competency Based Education and Training (CBET) mode stakeholders from the
and adjusting curricula accordingly. In total, NABPTEX oversees 41 Higher
private and public sector
National Diploma (HND) Programmes, of which the Mechanical Engineering
Programme was considered as a high priority.
BUDGET
According to the 2014-2018 strategic plan of NABPTEX, all HND Programmes € 77.000
shall be converted to CBET programmes, but this has not been implemented Advice: € 45.000
yet (September 2018). Training: € 32.000

DURATION
5 weeks
Co-funded by the European Union A multi partner project
(Sept-Nov 2018)
ACTIVITIES

• Delivery of skills forecasts workshop (1 day), including suitable forecasting methods and the presentation
of international good practice.

• CBET capacity building workshop (3 days) on how to update and develop curricula consisting of occupational
standard, unit specifications, assessment instruments and learning materials.

• Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) workshop

(3 days) to define occupational standards for the CBET curriculum update of Mechanical Engineering .

• Workshop on curriculum development (6 days) to clarify and establish unit specifications and assessment
tools according to the occupational standards of Mechanical Engineering.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• Occupational Standards for HND « Mechanical Engineering-Plant installation and maintenance»

are defined and Competency Standards (Unit Specifications) are developed.

Total number of DACUM workshop Curriculum development

direct beneficiaries: 94 workshop

75 94% 82%
Training Satisfied with Satisfied with
the outcomes the outcomes
15
Advice
74% 82%
4 What was learned is What was learned is
Coaching useful in the workplace useful in the workplace

LESSONS LEARNED

• A planned curriculum revision can change to a new curriculum development in response to the demand of
the private sector during the revision process
• The new CBET curriculum “Mechanical Engineering-Plant installation and maintenance” could serve as a blue
print to gain an official approval to be applied on a broader scale.
• The implementation of the new developed CBET curriculum requires a joint effort from all TVET actors at all
levels (macro, meso and micro).

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