Accra Technical Training Center


Accra Technical Training Center is a technical/vocational institution in Accra, Ghana.
ATTC was established in July 1966 as a joint project by the Governments of Ghana and Canada. It was envisioned as a training school to train skilled workers for Ghana's industrial requirements and it marked the first major Canadian support to Ghana in the field of technical education and training.
ATTC trains workers for different occupations and trades. Currently, the school is under the Technical Division of the Ghana Education Service of the Ministry of Education.

History

In the early 1960s, Arnold Doyle, the Director of Vocational and Technical Education for Saskatchewan, conducted a feasibility study for the establishment of a technical school in Ghana. It was sponsored by the Canadian External Aid Office.
Doyle became the Canadian Coordinator for the ATTC project. The Ghanaian counterpart was Frank Hutchful, then Ghana's Director of Apprenticeship and Duty Chief Technical Education Officer.
ATTC opened in July, 1966. The ceremony was attended by Donald S. Macdonald and A.K. Deku, the then Commissioner for Education in the National Liberation Council Government, representing the Government of Ghana.

Principal

As of July 2019 - Mr. Enerst Bediako Asare.

Programmes

Core Study Areas

The ATTC has been organizing short two-week courses for industry since 1994. This was set up with the support of the French government at that time. Courses include Hydraulics, Industrial Electricals, Pneumatics, Programmable Logic Controller, Refrigeration, Welding, and Meteorology.