Ghana has potential to develop like Malaysia - Malaysian Expert

President of Open University Malaysia, (OUM) Professor Dr. Mansor Fadzil says Ghana has what it takes to develop like Malaysia, given the natural resources.

According to him, this country (Ghana) is blessed with all the necessary resources: Gold, Cocoa among other things which could be used to establish a very strong foundation for growth and development but he believed that, without good leaders, the needed transformation will a hallucination.

According to him, developed Countries like his, are where they are today, because they  had leaders who were focused and committed more of its resources into establishing quality educational system which has produced quality leaders, emphasising that: “we don’t compromised on quality when it comes to education”.

"Good leaders who are wise enough will invest wisely into good education; We need more quality educated people in Ghana. You can transform your people through quality education," he said.

It is based on his assertion that, he has pledged OUM commitments to giving quality of education to Ghanaians by extending their collaboration with AIT with more years with the promise of better and quality programs, “we share ideals and relevant information for quality teaching and learning at AIT”, adding that at OUM,: “all are our learning materials including students’ time tables are powered technologically for quick and easy access by the Students irrespective of their locations”.

Dr. Mansor Fadzil, said this at a news conference, when he paid a working visit to The School and to also witness The School’s congregation held on Saturday 17th February, 2018 at The Kasoa Campus.

The Accra Institute of Technology, AIT, is an independent technology-focused Research University based in Accra, Ghana. The University comprises six schools and three institutes.

AIT is accredited by the National Accreditation Board (Ghana) to offer campus-based and Open University Programs in various fields. 

The campus-based programs are offered at the undergraduate level in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology and Business Administration in partnerships with Open University.

OUM is the seventh Malaysian private university and it is owned by the Multimedia Technology Enhancement Operations (METEOR) with its main campus at Jalan Tun Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. 

In addition, there are 37 learning centres throughout Malaysia, out of which ten (10) are Regional Learning Centres.

For his part, the President of Accra Institute of Technology, Professor Clement K. Dzidonu, has used the occasion to salute the Managers of OUM for the trust and confident they have in AIT.

He said, “we started this collaboration about ten years ago from our Cantonment Campus and we really benefited from them as they gave us already made program”.

AIT achievements, which you have all read about, part of the secret is the collaboration that we have with OUM, he speaks proudly.

 

Story by Francis Edzorna Mensah

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