MoE Encourages WASSCE Students to Explore U.S. Education Opportunities: As most countries can testify, the United States of America is one of the best countries in the world when it comes to higher and better education. Their education bridges the gap between academia and industry making their educational system very effective
MoE Encourages WASSCE Students to Explore U.S. Education Opportunities
The Minister of Education in Ghana urges students to look for US educational opportunities and he added that the USA is one of the greatest nations to have higher education. This message was especially for the WASSCE students.
Speaking at the Education USA College Fair in Accra, the Education Minister said USA universities would challenge students, broaden their knowledge, and make them critical thinkers. The fair was organized by the U.S. Embassy in Ghana.
He urged the students to take advantage of scholarship opportunities in the U.S.A. and apply as many as possible. The Minister of Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum asked students to come and contribute to the development of the country using what they have learned after they have graduated.
There were about 50 US universities and colleges present at the fair which offered opportunities for Ghanaians to study in the United States. It also brought together Senior High Schools in Accra to explore educational opportunities in the USA.
Related to this topic, four international students from Ghana have been arrested in the United States of America (USA) for reportedly falsifying high school transcripts to gain admission to Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
The Ghanaian students Otis Opoku, Evans Oppong, Cyrilstan Nomobon Sowah-Nai, and Henry Dabuo are currently being held in Northampton County Jail on charges of forgery and theft of services.
They were arrested after Lehigh University Police Department (LUPD) Detective Lieutenant David Kokinda filed criminal complaints against three of the students on September 6 with a complaint against Evans Oppong still being processed.
Lehigh’s Admissions Office following irregular and suspicious markings, formatting, and spelling errors on the document rescinded Jude Dabuo’s admission and investigated his younger brother, Henry Dabuo’s credentials.
Similar results came from the additional investigation by the student newspaper of the private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania on the other three Ghanaian students.
Opoku, a student since 2022, received financial aid totaling $212,933, while Sowah-Nai and Dabuo, who both started in 2023, were awarded financial aid worth $127,213 and $129,244, respectively. This was according to court documents,