The Council for Technical, Vocational Education and Training (COTVET) is finalising the document to compel students from vocational and technical training schools to undertake an apprenticeship program before entering the job market. The policy when approved will give legal backing to all vocational and technical schools in the country to dedicate a period for students to undergo the training for about a year. Consultant for the National Apprenticeship policy Dr Charles Teye Amoatey Joybusiness the policy will strengthen vocational education in the country. This is the first time Ghana as a country is paying attention to apprenticeships in both formal and informal sectors of the economy. This policy, according to the stakeholders will give some advantage to the physically challenged to benefit from some level of skills training in other to prepare them for entrepreneurship. Speaking to Joybusiness after an engagement between the Ministry of Education and some technical schools, Dr Teye Amoatey noted that this will curb the unavailability of the non-skilled working force in the country. "The policy will give legal backing to apprenticeships in the country and will make it a compulsory requirement for all technical and vocational institutions before entering the job market. Many times, industries raise a concern about the lack of skilled workers coming out of school. This means that our current educational system in the technical and vocational sector is problematic and needs a policy such as this,” he noted. The workshop is also aimed at briefing stakeholders on the progress of work. According to the Executive Director of the Council for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Fred Kyei Asamoah, the government is committed to getting the policy ready before the end of the year. "When you look at the zeal and efforts put in the policy before getting to this point, we are poised that before the close of the year, it will be ready for implementation. We have made all the necessary amendments and considered contributions as well making us confident that this policy will work" he said. The Ghana industrial apprenticeship policy will be implemented by the Ministry of education in collaboration with industrial sector players.