By Godwill Arthur-Mensah, GNA
Accra, Aug. 24, GNA – The Chinese Government
has awarded scholarships to 310 Ghanaian students to pursue various education
programmes in renowned Chinese universities this year.
The students would study courses such as
engineering, medicine, architecture, agriculture and information communication
technology in Peking University, Tsinghua University and other renowned Chinese
universities.
Mr Shi Ting Wang, Chinese Ambassador to
Ghana, announced this at the 2019 Chinese Government Scholarship Award Ceremony
in Accra on Friday.
Currently, there are 6,475 Ghanaian students
studying in China, while the Chinese Embassy in Ghana, last year, issued 1,329
study visas to Ghanaian students to study in China.
This makes Ghana with the highest number of
students from Africa studying in China, thereby outnumbering Nigerian and South
African students, Mr Wang stated.
The Chinese Ambassador urged the awardees to
study hard, observe the Chinese laws and live in harmony with the Chinese and
other international students and serve as good ambassadors for Ghana.
The award of the scholarship, he said,
showed Chinese government’s commitment towards developing the human resource of
Ghana, and belief would go a long way to strengthen the bilateral relations
between the two nations.
“The people-to-people exchanges and
cooperation between the two countries have developed in depth and making the
friendship rooted in our hearts,” Mr Wang stated.
He urged the awardees to take advantage of
the opportunity to learn the Chinese culture and language and make Chinese
friends as well as foster good relations with students from other parts of the
world.
The Chinese Ambassador noted that China and
Ghana shared a common belief of investing in youth education and, thus, lauded
Ghana Government for introducing the Free Senior High School Policy and pledged
Chinese government’s support towards its implementation.
Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Minister of
Education, who was the Guest of Honour for the ceremony, entreated the awardees
to embrace the opportunity to study hard, explore Chinese cultural values that
made it achieve economic transformation and return home with a broader
perspective of life to contribute towards the country’s development.
One of the awardees, Ms Jamila Jakalia, a
Senior State Attorney at the Office of the Attorney-General and Minister of
Justice, on behalf of her colleagues, thanked the Chinese and Ghana governments
for the opportunity given to them to broaden their knowledge and understanding.
She pledged to observe the Chinese laws and
rules and regulations governing the various host educational institutions.
The Chinese Embassy in Ghana presented
certificates to the awardees.
GNA
