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The Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ghana is the government agency responsible for youth empowerment and sports development. [1]Mandate. Adhering to the provisions outlined in Sections 11 and 13 of the Civil Service Law of 1993 (PNDCL 327), the Ministry of Youth and Sports has been entrusted, under Executive Instrument (EI) 28 of 2017, with the responsibility of instigating and shaping ...
The National Youth Authority (NYA) was established in 1974 by NRDC 241. It is thus, a Statutory Public Organization with the mandate to co-ordinate and facilitates youth empowerment activities in Ghana to ensure the development of the Ghanaian youth as a whole. The Authority was formerly known as "the National Youth Council (NYC)."
Youth unemployment in Ghana is a major issue in the country. 2011 World Bank country statistics for youth unemployment in Ghana found that 65 percent of Ghanaian youth are unemployed. The Ghana Trades Union Congress stated in 2011 that yearly youth unemployment in Ghana increases by 250,000.
In early 1998 the trust set up the Institute of Youth Sport at Loughborough University. [11] [12] The Institute of Youth Sport provided advice on coaching and nutrition for national under-18 sports teams, and there was fitness testing, which provided aerobic and stamina data for medical researchers at the institute. [13]
Since 1999 the academy has graduated 282 students, according to their website as of 2023. [23]Since 2007, Right to Dream has produced over 157 graduates playing professional football Globally. 67 Right to Dream graduates have also received call ups into National teams, from the Black Starlets(U17) to the Black Stars.
The Minister for Youth and Sports in Ghana heads the Ministry of Youth and Sports. This role has been combined with the heading of other ministries in the past. Under the NRC and SMC military governments, it was headed by a Commissioner for Education, Culture and Sports. [1] Under the Limann government, the
All graduates from Ghanaian tertiary institutions must complete a one-year national service. [3] Every year several ten of thousands of graduates are posted to various sectors as service personnel. [4]
The purpose of the college is to improve the capacity of the technical human resource through trainings, and retraining, embark on sports related research, organize workshops, make available facilities for camping for Ghanaian local and national teams, and also identify potential talents in sport.