Mission
To make TVET learning easy and assessment user-friendly — building competency-based systems that align skills with the real demands of industry and drive sustainable national development.
About us
Your preferred partner for TVET / CBT development.
Eljen Company is a limited liability company incorporated in Ghana in 2014, specialising in Technical and Vocational Education and Training services and technologies. We provide TVET services locally and internationally, with extensive experience in consultations and evaluation. Our team comprises qualified international experts drawn from industry and academia.
Eljen is noted nationally for its unique contribution to TVET development in the sub-region and particularly in Ghana. Our specialisation in Competency-Based Training (CBT) and curriculum development has seen us develop CBT curricula in almost all trade areas and at all levels of the National TVET Qualification Framework.
Vision
To be Africa's preferred partner for TVET and CBT development, recognised for quality, integrity and measurable impact across the sub-region and beyond.
Approach
We work within your timeline without compromising quality — combining international expertise with deep local knowledge, and transferring capability so results endure.
How we work
A proven, participatory CBT methodology
Grounded in Ghana's Harmonised CBT approach and benchmarked to international standards, our process puts industry and stakeholders at the centre — from occupational standards through to CTVET approval.
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Phase 1
Occupational Standards
We convene a technical team of industry and academic experts, build their capacity, and generate occupational standards rooted in real workplace analysis and the qualification framework.
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Phase 2
Programme Development
Standards are translated into unit specifications, learning materials, assessment instruments and marking guidelines — each developed through facilitated, hands-on workshops.
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Phase 3
Stakeholder Validation
An independent expert panel and sector skills bodies validate the package in workshops, ensuring quality, ownership and fitness for purpose before sign-off.
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Phase 4
Submission & Approval
The full training package is quality-edited and submitted to CTVET for approval, with follow-up and revision until final accreditation is achieved.
Our CBT design principles
Six principles we enforce from inception to approval — every time.
Learner-centred
Every programme is designed around the learner and the principle that almost anyone can learn given the right instruction.
Industry-led
We translate real industry requirements into learning units, so skills supply matches the actual demands of employers.
Framework-aligned
Designs are sensitive to level descriptors and fully aligned to the National TVET Qualification Framework (NTVETQF).
Internationally benchmarked
All trades are benchmarked to international CBT standards while grounded in Ghana's Harmonised CBT approach and CTVET guidelines.
Built for lifelong learning
Programmes are structured to encourage progression and lifelong learning, with clear routes to employment and further study.
Green by design
The Greening TVET concept is embedded so that development activities are environmentally responsible from the start.
By the numbers
Capacity and capability you can count on
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What we do
Strengthening the people and systems behind quality skills training.
Eljen engages teams in career-training programmes to strengthen job skills and subject-matter mastery in TVET quality provision — reinforcing quality skills training as an essential asset for the establishments that coordinate and oversee TVET and skills development.
We use specialists with advanced education and up-to-date workplace training skills to enhance on-the-job performance while meeting the specific demands of TVET transformation. We have both the capacity and capability to handle any evaluation project — working within your timeline without compromising quality of service.
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Built into every engagement
Inclusive and sustainable by design
Beyond technical quality, every Eljen curriculum embeds three commitments from the outset — supported by dedicated international specialists in disability inclusion, greening TVET and gender responsiveness.
- Specialist input from the occupational-standards stage onward
- Aligned with CTVET requirements and international good practice
- Applied across all 46+ trade areas we have developed
Greening TVET
Climate-smart and environmentally responsible competences embedded across every curriculum.
Gender-responsive
Gender-transformative design that elevates the participation and voice of women in skills training.
Disability-inclusive
Accessibility and disability inclusion built into the design of trades and learning materials.
What sets us apart
Star leaders. Unmatched expertise.
Star Leaders
Internationally recognised TVET experts who have shaped national qualification frameworks.
Unmatched Expertise
Specialists drawn from industry and academia with up-to-date workplace training skills.
Team Work
A multi-disciplinary team that partners closely with institutions, government and industry.
We Help You Win
Tailored, outcomes-driven development plans that meet and exceed client needs.
Track record
A history of high-impact engagements
Flagship · National CBT Development
World Bank · Government of Ghana
Ghana Jobs & Skills Project (GJSP) — 46 priority trades
Under the World Bank–funded GJSP, Eljen worked with CTVET to develop complete Competency-Based Training packages for 46 priority trades — delivered in two fully executed phases of 23 trades each — spanning occupational standards, unit specifications, learning materials and assessment instruments at Levels 1–5 of the NTVETQF, with Greening TVET embedded throughout.
Flagship · Curriculum Development
WUSC · Mastercard Foundation
2025 – 2026
ACTIVATE — Agricultural TVET curricula
Reviewing and developing 13 competency-based agricultural curricula (cashew, mango, oil palm, poultry, vegetables, agripreneurship) under the Mastercard Foundation–funded ACTIVATE programme — a system reaching over 80,000 young Ghanaians, with climate-smart, gender-responsive and disability-inclusive competences embedded throughout.
Sector Breadth
APSOG · Global Water · GOPA · World Education
2020 – 2023
CBT across security, water, agro-processing & crafts
Developed full CBT packages across diverse trade areas for public and private clients — Security & Safety Management (Levels I–V) for APSOG, Water Technology for Global Water, Agriculture Processing & Manufacturing with GOPA/PLANCO (Germany), and Weaving & Soap Making for World Education Inc.
Impact Evaluation
African Development Bank
2012 – 2017
Development of Skills for Industry Project (DSIP)
Consultant assessing and evaluating the impact of the DSIP bursary schemes on increasing the participation of disadvantaged groups in TVET.
Programme Evaluation
Bread for the World (Germany)
OIC Liberia TVET Project
Evaluated the OIC project's impact on human and institutional capacity for equitable access to TVET, the quality and relevance of TVET in Liberia, and the project's management structure.
Curriculum Development
GIZ · ATVET
2014 – 2020
Multi-country CBT programmes
Facilitated CBT curriculum development and backstopping across Ghana, Malawi, Kenya and Sierra Leone — including renewable-energy and energy-efficiency trades — for GIZ and the ATVET programme.
National CBT Pilot
JICA
2007 – 2012
Piloting CBT in Ghana & establishing COTVET
Served the JICA TVETS Project as CBT Expert in curriculum development and institutional support, leading the piloting of Competency-Based Training in Ghana and the establishment of COTVET (now CTVET).
Our reach
Trained personnel and consulted across six nations.
Eljen has trained personnel and consulted for clients in Ghana, Sierra Leone, Malawi, Botswana, Kenya and Liberia — and our skill set is not limited to Ghana.
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Ghana
Home base · CBT piloting & national curricula
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Sierra Leone
CBT programme development
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Liberia
OIC TVET project evaluation
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Kenya
CBT programme development
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Malawi
CBT programme development
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Botswana
TVET systems research & CBT
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