Mr George Frimpong, Asante-Akim North District Chief Executive, has called on Ghanaians to disabuse their minds of the perception that vocational and technical training institutions were for the academically weak students.

He said if the country were to make any significant strides towards development; importance would have to be attached to promoting technical and vocational education.

Mr Frimpong said this when he presented 100 bags of cement to the Integrated Centre for Employable Skills (ICCES) at Akutuase.

The cement was bought from the District Assembly's share of the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) relief fund.

He said skills acquisition could provide impetus to the government's vision of making the private sector to become the engine of growth of the economy.

Mr Tutu Brempong, Secretary of the Akutuase 'Nkosuo Kuo', a development-oriented society in the town, who received the cement on behalf of the Chief, said it would be used to build additional structures for the Centre.