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School to add value to raw diamonds
opens
Accra, Jan. 3, Ghanadot/GNA – Natural Diamond Training
Institute has been established in Accra to teach Ghanaians
how to add value to natural diamonds to enable the country
to earn more foreign exchange.
Speaking to GNA, T. Raj Maheswaran, Director of the
Institute, said students were taught the identification of
raw diamonds; cutting; polishing; separation, assortment and
grading of diamonds.
The Institute, which is located at Sue’s Inn on the Achimota
- Tema Motorway, runs a two-month intensive course for
senior secondary school graduates.
Raj Maheswaran said graduates of the Institute were also
taught the marketing of diamonds and equipped to establish
their own companies.
He said the Institute was the first of its kind in Africa
and was opened to students from the West Africa Sub Region.
GNA
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