The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, has secured a partnership cope with Morris Brown Faculty in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, to supply Ghanaian college students with entry to world-class schooling and profession growth programmes.
The collaboration, in keeping with him, was established by way of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) throughout a parliamentary go to to the US. Throughout this go to, he took half within the Black Historical past Month celebrations, which supplied him with the opportunity to work together with prominent tutorial and coverage leaders.
“My go to, went past strengthening diplomatic ties, to specializing in creating pathways for Ghanaian college students to achieve internationally recognised {qualifications} with out the burden of relocating overseas.
By means of this collaboration, Ghanaian college students will now have the chance to enroll in one-year certificates programmes in fields resembling Non-Revenue Handlement, Entrepreneurship, Esports Efficiency, and Hospitality Administration —all supplied by Morris Brown Faculty, a historically Black establishment with a legacy of resilience and tutorial excellence since 1881,” he advised The Ghanaian Instances in an exclusive interview in Accra yesterday.
He mentioned college students had been to pursue these programs both on-line or in-person, with potential journey alternatives to the USA all facilitated by the faculty.
Talking on the occasion in Atlanta, Georgia, final Friday, the President of Morris Brown Faculty, Dr Kevin James, lauded , the initiative, noting that the partnership would break academic obstacles for Ghanaian college students.
He recommended the Speaker of Parliament, Mr Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, the Speaker of Ghana’s Parliament, for assisting the Madina MP to be part of the Parliamentary go to and participation within the occasion.
The Dean of the Enterprise College at Morris Brown College, Dr Yaw Amponsah Adoo, emphasised the transformative influence of the settlement, stating that Ghanaian college students would now have entry to US-accredited certifications that might improve their profession prospects each domestically and internationally.
Talking additional, Mr Sosu mentioned the initiative aligned together with his broader Madina Centre for Education and Coverage, an academic venture below his workplace geared toward selling schooling, information change, and expertise growth.
“It additionally contributes to SDG 4 (High quality Training) and supports President John Dramani Mahama’s imaginative and prescient, as outlined within the NDC Manifesto, to determine a Prior Studying Certification/ Step-Up Certification (SEC) programme for artisans within the casual sector.
“This partnership isn’t just for Madina however for all Ghanaian college students who aspire to achieve internationally recognised qualifications whereas staying rooted of their communities. It’s about giving our youth the instruments to compete on a world scale,” the Madina MP said.
BY NORMAN COOPER
