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Partners hold education fair

An education fair has been held for students in and around the Ashanti Region to offer them the chance to have a better understanding of programmes and opportunities available to them at the institutes of higher learning.

It was also to promote growth and find solutions to the myriad of problems students faced in the selection of programmes and placement in institutions of higher learning.   

Held at the Kumasi Anglican Senior High School, the three-day fair, the seventh in the series, was organised by I-TEXON Ghana, an educational development partner, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education (MoE) and the Ghana Education Service (GES).

About 25 institutions – including the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Joyce Ababio College of Creative Design, Kumasi and Koforidua polytechnics, and the African University College of Communication — participated in the fair. 

Others included University College of Management Studies, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana Institute of Languages, Russian African Centre for University Services, Baptist University College, Presbyterian University College, Ghana Technology University College and the University for Development Studies.           

Opening the fair on behalf of the Ashanti Regional Director of Education, Mr Kofi Sarfo Kantanka, the Regional Director of the Counselling Unit of the GES, Mr Joe Kwabena Kwarteng, said the service saw the need to hold such programmes for various reasons.  

  He pointed out that tertiary education must prepare students for their personal development and for the labour market in the modern economy, hence the need for students to be in a better position to make informed choices. 

The Chief Executive Office of I-TEXON Ghana, Capt. Catherine Haizel, said every year, thousands of students and parents in the country faced challenges in the selection of the right institution, as well as challenges of finding resources for higher education.      

She said although education had attracted the government’s attention as seen by the various interventions, more still needed to be done by the government to give the sector the centre stage in the country’s development planning policies and pointed out that programmes offered at the various institutions of higher learning must meet the demands of national development and prepare students well for the competitive job market.

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