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he roots of technical and vocational education, laid
Like any strategic planning process, this strategic plan illustrates
approximately a century ago, has been an important route
those areas that will require our attention in order to ensure
for secondary school leavers to gain access to post-secondary
our future growth. It highlights those areas that constitute our
technical and vocational education and training and be gainfully
greatest strengths and challenges in producing quality and
employed. Today, a 100 years later, The Department of
industry-driven technologists to complement the industrial needs
Polytechnic and Community College Education (DPCCE) under
of the nation. It also enhances our efforts at promoting the
the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) has been entrusted
culture of lifelong learning through the numerous programmes
with this mammoth task of ensuring that this alternative pathway
available at the polytechnics and
still remains their beacon of hope. Towards this end, DPCCE
particular, throughout the country. The delivery system will also
launched its first blueprint - Strategic Plan (2005 – 2010) in
be upgraded as a result of the organizational restructuring.
community colleges, in
2005, to deal with the various challenges of globalization which calls for innovations in policies, strategies, programmes and
I would