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Legon Church of Christ organizes
symposium for students
Accra, April 08, GNA - Mrs Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Deputy
Minister for Manpower, Youth and Employment on Saturday,
called on civil society groups to assist Government efforts
to promote education especially in the secondary and
tertiary levels.
Addressing the opening session of the Eighth Annual
symposium for students in Accra, Mrs Osei-Opare said
Government’s determination for Ghana to become a middle
income earning nation by 2015 required a functional
education that would improve the human resource base of the
individual, community and nation.
The symposium was organized by the Legon branch of Church of
Christ, under the theme "Pressing on Towards Total
Fulfilment”.
Mrs Osei-Opare, who is also the Member of Parliament for
Ayawaso West Wuogon, said to achieve overall national goal,
it was Government's responsibility to ensure that national
targets, including the education sector was achieved.
She was optimistic that the symposium would encourage the
students to fulfil their aspirations for the benefit of
society.
Dr Appiagyei Atuah, a Lecturer of the Faculty of Law,
University of Ghana Legon, asked the students to refrain
from social vices that would affect them in future.
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