Delivering a UK/USA Program in Ghana: Opportunities, Challenges and Risk Mitigating Strategies

Abstract

Education helps in creating innovations and meeting the growing needs of every nation. Thus, the development of a nation can be ascribed to its educational system: not through the buildings it has put up, the roads and, bridges it has constructed, but by the human resources it has developed through a well-defined educational system. In the absence of well-defined educational system, the nation can hardly develop and maintain its infrastructure and resources. Thus, the growth of any society is not possible without education. In this paper, we elaborate on how Ghana can strengthen its educational system and promote accelerated development, by encouraging Institutions to run or deliver UK/US programs in some selected Institutions in the country to either amend or improve on its educational system and promote accelerated development. This will provide opportunities such as reducing the unemployment rate and also reducing the brain-drift among the youth. Some of the challenges to the above were identified as: high cost of tuition, difficulty in acquiring accreditation for programs, lack of infrastructure and qualified lecturers. To help mitigate the risks that might be associated with delivering a UK/US program in Ghana, Institutions need to undertake extensive and comprehensive research to primarily identify the need of the country where these programs would be delivered and also develop partnerships with institutions in these countries to formulate a plan suited to the nation’s needs. Key Words: Education, Ghana, Development, UK/US programs and Opportunities.