HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT
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AGRICULTURE EDUCATION |
The Human Resource Development and Management Directorate oversees the running and management of 6 Colleges of Agriculture and 3 Farm Training Institutes
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AGRICULTURE COLLEGES |
NAME OF INSTITUTION |
LOCATION |
YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT |
GRADUATE TURN OVER |
CERTIFICATE OFFERED/
ACCREDITATION |
- Kwadaso Agric. College
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Kwadaso -Kumasi |
1952 |
55 |
Diploma |
Partial |
- Ejura Agric. College
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Ejura |
1963 |
45 |
Diploma |
- |
- Ohawu Agric College
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Ohawu-Abor |
1964 |
65 |
Diploma |
Partial |
- Damongo Agric. College
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Damongo |
1968 |
65 |
Diploma |
- |
- Animal Health and Production College
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Pong-Tamale |
1960 |
35 |
Diploma |
Full
Accredited |
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ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS |
Senior Secondary School Graduates who possess six passes A to E8 in 4 core subjects and any other 2 subjects
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FARM INSTITUTES |
Vocational training in agriculture is organized for prospective and practicing farmers to enable them either establish their own farms or work with any agricultural origination.
NAME |
LOCATION |
YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT |
- Wenchi Farm Institution
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Wenchi |
1964 |
- Asuansi Farm Institution
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Asuansi |
1959 |
- Adidome Farm Institute
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Adidome |
1964 |
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RESPONSIBILITIES |
- Establish and maintain system and procedures for planning and controlling human resource development for the Ministry
- Provide guidance in determining training needs of all categories of workers in the ministry and ensuring that appropriate training programs are develop and implemented;
- Co- ordinate and collate training and manpower development budget and when approved, institutes measures to back up its implementation;
- Periodically review rules, regulations and procedures relating to training.
- Advise on the preparation and application of training criteria, methodologies and techniques;
- Pursue the development and implementation of adequate proficiency programs to improve the competence of staff in the Ministry; and
- Establish appropriate and effective linkages with PBCME and the office of the Head of Civil Service (OHCS) for effective human resource planning.
- Institute measure to provide inter linkages between sector plans and those of implementing agencies relating to training and manpower development to ensure the optimum utilization of personnel within the sector.
- Formulate measures to cater for the periodic review of the organizational structure including job classifications and descriptions.
- Assist in the determination of appropriate sectoral manpower levels consistently with the overall operational requirement of the sector
- Ensure that periodic management and organizational reviews as well as job descriptions, scheme of service and career programmes plans are maintained.
- To manage preserves and Vocational Training in Agricultural Institution s by developing skills and capacities for use by the Agricultural sector
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