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By Gabriel Dike
Sixteen Ghanaian accredited universities are expected in the country next week to scout for students.
Representatives of the varsities, comprising public and private institutions, would participate in the International Students Recruitment Fair billed for October 17 and 18 in Lagos.
Addressing newsmen on the forthcoming event, Deputy Director, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, Banda Abdallah, said many universities go to other countries to recruit new students, which would form part of export service.
He disclosed Ghana Export Promotion Authority (GEPA) is collaborating with the Ghana High Commission to bring the 16 accredited public and private universities for the students’ recruitment fair in Nigeria.
He said: “We participated in Nigeria trade fair in 2017 and toured three states in 2018. We will participate in the 2022 Lagos International Trade Fair in November.”
According to him, representatives of the seven public and nine private universities offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses would participate in the two-day fair.
He said the fees depends on the courses while some of the universities will be willing to reduce fee based on negotiation.
He confirmed that representatives of the 16 universities can offer on the spot admission and urged Nigerian students and parents to take advantage of the international recruitment fair in Lagos.
Speaking also, the International Recruitment Officer for University of Ghana, Yaw Dankwah, said there were over 5,000 Nigerian students studying different courses in either the public or private universities in Ghana.
He said the recruitment exercise is not about taking advantage of the ongoing prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).
Dankwah described Ghana educational system as one of the best, noting, “our teaching, learning process and research is robust.”
He explained that students offered admission into Ghanaian universities do not require visa and that other logistics would be handled by each university to ensure the new students take off on a sound footing without stress.
On qualification, he said Nigerian students would not have issues because both countries operates same education system and use WASSCE result as entry qualification.
He acknowledged that early educated Ghanaian schooled in Nigeria and also some taught in Nigerian schools.
