Ghanaian students upbeat about studying in India    

The ‘Study in India Education Fair’ organised in Kumasi and Accra attracted thousands of Ghanaian students from the country’s Senior High Schools to meet with representatives of several universities and institutions of higher learning from India for prospective  placements.

With support from the High Commission of India in Ghana, the fair, among other things, provided detailed information on India’s flourishing higher education system and how it could help Ghanaian students wishing to study in India locate institutions of their choice.

The fair was organised by TIES Global, a platform for the constant progress of education, career and training  has been holding the fair for the past five years with support from the Indian High Commission in Ghana.

Participating institutions included Anna University, Acharya Institutions, Christ University, C.V.Raman Global University, Manav Rachna University, PIMPRI Chinchwad University, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, SRM University -AP, Vignan University, Vishwakarma University.

The students  in batches of between three and five were introduced to the schools by representatives of the universities and encouraged to ask questions and make all enquiries about programmes run by the schools in India.

Speaking to The New Finder at the Accra fair, Director, International Operations of TIES Global, Mr Suresh Anand Mani said the feedback from the students had been impressive and promising.

Touting the credentials of educational institutions in India, Mr Mani said India boasts of some of the best public and private universities in the world. He noted that India had public universities which are among the first engineering institutions established outside Europe in 1794.

All the Indian universities represented at the fair, he disclosed, “are well reputed and offer various programmes in engineering, technology, health sciences, medicine, management, law and agriculture among others at the undergraduate, postgraduate and research levels.”

He added that “all these programmes are available for Ghanaian students and they have different scholarships also.” 

Making a case for Indian universities, Mr Mani said, “Indian degrees are recognised across the globe while the cost of education in India is very affordable.”

“If you take any top multinational company, in the world, the Chief Executive Officers are from India and had their first degrees from India. All the top CEOs of the world had their educations in India. This shows the quality of education in India.”

Mr Mani was impressed with the support provided by the Indian High Commission in Accra and the Ghana Education Service saying, “with the incredible support we continue to receive from our partners we will continue to do this in the coming years.”

The session was graced with the presence of the High Commissioner Designate of the Indian High Commission in Ghana Mr Manish Gupta.