A new marketing platform which enables schools to shop for virtually all their needs under one roof will soon hit Ghana after seeing success in Nigeria.

Ghana will have its version of  the Total School Support Exhibition (TOSSE) being held next year,organisers have said.

Mrs Yinka Ogunde, CEO, Edumark Consult, an education services firm and organiser of the fair, told The Nation that plans were already in the works for TOSSE to hold in Ghana.

“We are working on it already. We are building networks and partnerships for the programme,” she said.

However in the immediate, her team is putting in place a robust programme for the 10th TOSSE in Lagos in June.

She said the programme which will have schools and firms offering a wide variety of educational products and services showcasing their offerings will also be packed with more training for teachers, parents and school managers, especially the Maxwell training series.

“We are having a Premium Leadership seminar which will be anchored by certified Coaches from the John Maxwell Team,” which she said would be for school owners and team leaders.

Mrs Ogunde, a social media activist, who also runs the Concerned Parents and Educators (CPE) Network, a group of over 50,000 members on Facebook, expressed joy at what TOSSE had achieved in a decade.

She said many of the exhibitors for this year’s TOSSE would be coming from abroad.

“We are having new exhibitors, enriching topics, larger numbers. We are expecting delegations from various countries,” she said.

Also, TOSSE has birthed a subset – the TOSSEtech, which featured only firms offering technology products needed by schools last month.The  event held at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers, Ikeja, Lagos, had 28 exhibitors in attendance.

Source:ghanaguardian.com