A 10-member delegation from Finland led by the Finish Deputy Minister of External Economic Relations, Mr Matti Anttonen, and the Finish Ambassador to Nigeria, Miss Piijo Suomela Churdhury, has paid a courtesy call on Ghana’s Education Minister.<\/p>\n
The members of the delegation are made up of companies representing the education, health, mining, information and communication technology, telecommunication, power and business sectors.<\/p>\n
The delegation is in Ghana\u00a0to\u00a0promote education trade, economic and business relations.<\/p>\n
Mr. Matti Anttonen in sharing\u00a0some of the educational strengths of Finland especially in technical and vocational education said, \u201cFinland tried to be inclusive in all geographical areas, down to the villages, irrespective of location and gender with technical and vocational education.\u201d<\/p>\n
He said Finland also uses online degree training programmes to train students in early childhood programmes.<\/p>\n
The Finish Ambassador to Nigeria, Miss Piijo Suomela Churdhury, urged the Education Ministry to help change the perception of vocational education, which is equally as important as tertiary education, qualification and business.<\/p>\n
She Finland’s exchange programmes have led to to the formation of partnerships with universities in Ghana, Tanzania and Botswana.<\/p>\n
Professor Janet Naana Opoku-Agyemang, Ghana’s Minister of Education, said Ghana has a good educational system that its citizens boost of.<\/p>\n
She said the Ghana-Finland relationship has existed over the years and has largely benefited both countries.<\/p>\n
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Source: GNA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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