Ghana's High Commissioner to the UK, Papa Owusu-Ankomah has reiterated the government’s policy of maximising opportunities for Ghanaians to benefit from higher education.

Mr Owusu-Ankomah said a tried and tested approach, such as the centralised admissions platforms, will soon be implemented for prospective students.

The former MP stated this when he addressed participants at the opening ceremony of a four-day workshop coordinated by the British Council and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) on 'Centralised Admissions Platforms for Tertiary Education in Ghana’.

The High Commissioner called on the Vice-Chancellors to maximise the use of their academic faculties, especially through distance education and also merge some courses, as pertains in the global education sector.

Through this, students who desired higher education would have better-coordinated options for their future.

The Minister of State in charge of Tertiary Education, Prof. Kwesi Yankah, who led the delegation, indicated that the Ministry of Education, as part of reforms, sought to provide a centralised admission platform that will offer a variety of choices and opportunities for applicants to explore opportunities in universities.

He explained that it was in line with this reform that the workshop was being held to understudy the UK’s Universities and Colleges Admissions Services (UCAS) system.

The Chief Executive Officer of the British Council, Sir Ciaran Devane stated that they shared the ministry’s priorities for education in Ghana, adding that having the right systems in place was key to getting the right results.

Sir Devane expressed the British Council’s assurance to using its network and convening power to help facilitate that partnership.

The delegation is made up of officials from the Ministry of Education, Vice-Chancellors, and Registrars of public universities and Interim Vice-Chancellors of technical universities to the workshop.

Over the years, prospective students wishing to gain admissions to tertiary institutions in Ghana have always had to apply separately to respective universities, spending huge sums of money on applications alone and eventually not being admitted or having multiple admissions, and the centralised admission platform seeks to address this.

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