The scholarships are expected to help the twenty students acquire high level skills, knowledge and varied experience that will help them to contribute in future years to Ghana’s sustainable development.

Since 2004 245 students and staff from Ghana have benefited from Erasmus+ scholarships, centrally funded by the EU budget.

Erasmus is only one source of funding for scholarships to Europe. When scholarships from both the European Union and its 28 Member States are taken into account, it is estimated that a total of around one thousand Ghanaian students gain scholarships to European Universities each year.

The European Union expects to see an increase in the number of scholarship beneficiaries in future years by working alongside the academic community and by raising awareness of the programme among students. Ambassadors from the EU and its Member States recently gave a talk at the University of Ghana on the many scholarship opportunities open to Ghanaian students.

Among the courses the twenty new Erasmus students will pursue are a Doctorate programme in Legal Psychology, Masters in Economics of Globalisation and European Integration, International Masters in Marine Biological Resources, Masters in Journalism, Media and Globalisation in ten different European Union member states.

The students are not the only beneficiaries of the Erasmus + Programme The Erasmus+ programme will also contribute to the improvement of the quality of higher education through enhanced international cooperation between Universities in Europe and in Africa and the harmonization of programmes and procedures.

The European Union and the Member States will host the new Erasmus students on Friday 28 July 2017 for an orientation meeting with alumni of the Erasmus+ programme in Ghana. This will help them to make a smooth transition from Ghana to their host countries and universities in Europe.

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By: citifmonline.com/Ghana

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A statement issued by the affected students and copied to citifmonline.com said government’s failure to pay their fees and rent which has been in arrears since September 2016 has left them stranded.

[contextly_sidebar id=”BZy5jiJDvBu1K9ta6XtNPoHjEAqz5rIW”]The statement said they will demonstrated on Friday, 3^rd March, 2017 in front of the BBC Broadcasting house in London.

“We are tired of struggling and have waited patiently for the transition in governments but we cannot bear the struggle any longer.”

“All attempts to gain the attention of government and the secretariat have proved futile. We have been struggling since we arrived for our PHD and other postgraduate programs but we’re at our wits end now,” the statement said.

It added that “the embarrassments of being chased for fees and rent because of government’s abandonment is unbearable hence our decision to demonstrate.”

Last week a group of about 20 Ghanaian students studying in China on government scholarship also lamented over government’s failure to pay their fees. They said the situation has left them demoralized as the financial constraints threatened their academic work and possible graduation.

The challenge in paying allowances and fees of Ghanaian students studying on scholarship outside the country have long persisted, spanning through various governments.

In February 2013, some students who were studying under the GETFund scholarship were faced with a court action over their failure to pay rents of up to 1,550 pounds.

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By: Jonas Nyabor/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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