For too long, technical and vocational education has been treated as the fallback option for students who 'couldn't make it' academically, rather than a genuine, respected career path in its own right. That perception is doing real damage to an economy that desperately needs skilled electricians, welders, mechanics, and technicians far more than it needs another cohort of underemployed university graduates. Countries that have built strong manufacturing and construction sectors did it on the back of serious, well-funded TVET systems — not by treating them as an afterthought. Ghana has made real strides recently, but funding per TVET student still lags far behind university funding. If we're serious about industrialisation, that gap has to close.