{"id":465837,"date":"2018-02-20T07:21:34","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T07:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/ghana-needs-to-diversify-educational-system-for-rapid-growth-prof-fadzil\/"},"modified":"2018-02-20T07:21:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T07:21:34","slug":"ghana-needs-to-diversify-educational-system-for-rapid-growth-prof-fadzil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/20\/ghana-needs-to-diversify-educational-system-for-rapid-growth-prof-fadzil\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana needs to diversify educational system for rapid growth &#8211; Prof Fadzil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-20<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/36396939.295.jpg\" alt=\"Dato Mansor Fadzil\" title=\"Dato Mansor Fadzil\" width=\"295\" height=\"214\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Prof. Dato Mansor Fadzil is President of Open University, Malaysia (OUM)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519111294_946_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Professor Dato Mansor Fadzil, President of Open University, Malaysia (OUM) has called for diversification of Ghana\u2019s educational sector to enhance quality and affordability.<\/p>\n<p>That, he said, needed good quality leaders who had the interest of the country at heart to come about such transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with the media in Accra, Prof Fadzil, who was the special guest at the graduation ceremony of Accra Institute of Technology (AIT), said diversity of Malaysia society enabled every sector to work together in the interest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn Malaysia, we diversified our educational system by allowing schools from different countries. And that takes the bravery on the part of the leaders to achieve that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the vision of OUM was to train graduates, who would think out of the box to provide jobs for themselves and others. \u201cThat is why we are here to enhance and improve our collaboration with AIT to move our students to another level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to deliver flexible and affordable education without compromising on quality,\u201d he said, adding that the type of education that would transform the country into a first-class one.<\/p>\n<p>Professor Clement Dzidonu, President of AIT, expressed his gratitude to OUM for the confidence and trust reposed in AIT, saying, \u201cthat alone is a plus for the University\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said trust was very helpful to the University\u2019s academic pursuits as they had won on two consecutive awards last year as the top technology university in Ghana and \u201cwe owed that recognition to OUM\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Safia Yusof, Head, International Unit of OUM, said the collaboration with AIT had lots of potentials for Ghanaians to upgrade their skills without necessarily enrolling for full time.<\/p>\n<p>She said that was an opportunity for women, especially to get into the system to improve themselves to hold leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith those opportunities, traditional women can still empower themselves economically to complement the efforts of their husbands,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She said total transformation could be achieved if parents instilled the positive side of education in their wards at early stage, adding, \u201cin that way they will not see it as a punishment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Nur Amirah, Staff of International Unit, OUM, said education could change one\u2019s destiny and live and urged all to embrace education for total transformation and growth.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 50 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 20 February 2018 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2018-02-20 Prof. Dato Mansor Fadzil is President of Open University, Malaysia (OUM) Professor Dato Mansor Fadzil, President of Open University, Malaysia (OUM) has called for diversification of Ghana\u2019s educational sector to enhance quality and affordability. 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