Apprenticeship

National Apprenticeship Programme (NAP)

National Youth Authority (NYA), Ghana

Open. No closing date published. No fee to apply Last checked 14 Oct

At a glance

Deadline: Open. No closing date published.
Fee: No fee to apply
Who may apply: a Ghanaian citizen
living in the community, district or region where the training runs
aged 15 to 40
and 1 more below
Where: Ghana, delivered in the community, district or region where each apprentice lives

Free trade training for an unemployed young Ghanaian, with no minimum grades required. The National Youth Authority's launch announcement says it will cover monthly stipends, and the register page says graduates receive start-up capital and equipment. No start date or intake window has been published.

The facts

What you get: Free training. Monthly stipends are announced by the National Youth Authority, and graduates are to receive start-up capital and equipment. No payment has been confirmed.
Where: Ghana, delivered in the community, district or region where each apprentice lives
How long: Short courses run 2 to 4 months; full apprenticeships run 12 to 18 months

Where you stand

This one is free. There is no fee to apply, and nobody should ask you for money at any point.

What they ask for

a Ghanaian citizen
living in the community, district or region where the training runs
aged 15 to 40
no minimum academic qualification needed

Get ready to apply

Built only from what this listing states.

A short application, by our reading.

1. What to get ready

An online form; it names no documents. Some forms do not save as you go, so set aside time to do it in one sitting.

In their words: “Registration through the NAP portal at nap.nya.gov.gh, or in person at a metropolitan, municipal or district assembly office”

2. Dates

No closing date is stated.
Openings with no closing date can close once they have enough people, so sooner is safer. Our advice
On the date, the listing says: No dates are published. A January 2026 news report said the rollout had not yet started.

Download checklist (.txt) Send to WhatsApp

The download is a small text file. You can read it later without data. It also lists each condition they set, so you can tick yourself against them. WhatsApp sends the same list to you, or to somebody helping you.

No CV yet? Make a plain one from your answers. Nothing you type is kept.

Tips for applying for an apprenticeship

General advice from us, the same for every apprenticeship. It is not what this organisation says; that is above.

Say why you want this trade, and anything you have already done with your hands or in this field, however small.
Show you are reliable: school attendance, a job kept, a role held.
Check the length and whether you are paid while you learn.

If there is an interview or a test

Some include a practical test. Ask what it covers if they do not say.
Arrive early. Punctuality is often judged from the first day.

All our tips and messages to copy. Practise answering, with nothing kept. Received an offer? Check whether it is real, then read before you say yes.

How to apply

You apply on National Youth Authority (NYA), Ghana's own website, not here. We never send an application for anybody and we never ask you for anything to pass on. Check their page for anything not shown here.

Go to the application

How we checked this

This was opened and verified at National Youth Authority (NYA), Ghana's own website on 14 October 2026: it was real, still open, and open to people from African countries. If anything here is wrong, tell us.