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Second edition of Ghana Educational
Directory launched
Accra, Feb. 21, GNA – The Second Edition of the Ghana
Educational Directory, the first of its kind in Africa, has
been launched in Accra by the Ministry of Education, Ghana
Education Service and the Career Training Consult (CTC).
The Directory was a concept which was researched and
developed by Mr. Fifii Odoom, Managing Consultant of CTC, a
management and educational consultancy firm in Accra, and
submitted to the Ministry of Education for support for
execution.
The 800 page directory, is an update on the number of
schools that were registered in the country, providing data
that gave a ready information to students and parents on the
courses available in a particular school, its facilities and
needs based on which organizations could assist.
It covers schools from kindergarten to primary, Junior
Secondary and Senior Secondary schools, Technical and
vocational Institutions, Teacher Training Colleges, Tertiary
Institutions, Examination Bodies and Associations and some
advertisements.
Papa Owusu Ankomah, Minister of Education Science and Sports
said in a speech read on his behalf that the Ministry had
adopted the Ghana Educational Directory through which
educational information would be made available to all
stakeholders in the educational sector.
“With the introduction of this directory, parents and
students will be well guided in selecting programmes and
courses offered by all educational institutions in the
country.”
Papa Owusu Ankomah said the directory would also be useful
to the donor communities and Non Governmental Organizations
because the areas on need of all educational institutions
were captured to ensure that “direct assistance” to such
institutions were made to satisfy their specific needs.
He said although the Ministry did not fund the project
directly, the government saw it as another media to channel
her educational policies to all Ghanaians.
Mr. Odoom, the Consultant, noted that institutions would get
copies of the directory at special prices ranging from
500,000 cedis to one million cedis.
He congratulated all Regional Directors, District Directors
and supporting staff, heads of all educational institutions
and donors who participated actively towards the successful
completion of the directory.
GNA
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