Our school was established in 1973 and is situated near the Santana Market in Tesano, Accra and about 274meters away from the Police Station. We are a day and lodging school and have successfully presented over 5,000 students for both the N.V.T.I (National Vocational and Technical Institute) and GES (Ghana Education Service – Technical Exams Unit) Examinations. Also, NABPTEX (National Board for Professional Technicians Examinations). The three main courses studied are Catering, Fashion and Designing and Hairdressing and Cosmetology.
However, we have started a new course in Electronics designed for females who are interested in pursuing a technical subject area. Our success rates have been so impressive that we attract a few boys each year particularly in our catering department. Another attestation to our academic excellence is the school being an examination centre for both the NVTI and GES examinations boards. We have also made remarkably achievements in extra curricula activities having won a number of regional and national trophies in hand and volleyball games as well as athletics.
AGIVOC has recently been selected and approved as a qualified training provider by both COTVET (Council for Technical Vocational Education and Training) as well as GSDI (Ghana Skills Development Initiative) – a collaboration between Ghanaian and German governments to help build the capacity of the unskilled workforce in certain trade areas of the economy. Consequently, a 55-day training program was rolled out to help build the capacity of apprentices in the cosmetology sector (hair and beauty). Also, a 2-weeks program was organized to train their mastercrafts persons to ensure good managerial skills in order to effectively run their businesses and guide the apprentices in their workplaces. This is good news because we now train both the formal and informal sectors of the economy, thereby contributing immensely to the development of our nation through vocational education and training.