{"id":779285,"date":"2020-01-09T13:15:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2020\/01\/09\/youth-urged-to-take-their-studies-seriously\/"},"modified":"2020-01-09T13:15:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T13:15:31","slug":"youth-urged-to-take-their-studies-seriously","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/01\/09\/youth-urged-to-take-their-studies-seriously\/","title":{"rendered":"Youth urged to take their studies seriously"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_start --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tPrint<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"story-date\">Thursday 9th January, 2020<\/h4>\n<div class=\"image-box\">\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"main\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/gender-studies-youth.jpg\" alt=\"Studies Youth \"\/><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span style=\"display:none\" itemprop=\"description\">news, story, article<\/span><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><b><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">By<br \/>\nLord de-Graft Aikins, GNA<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Anyinam (E\/R), Jan.<br \/>\n09, GNA \u2013 The youth have been urged to take their studies seriously to achieve<br \/>\ntheir future aspirations and effectively contribute their quota to national<br \/>\ndevelopment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Mr Emmanuel Oduro<br \/>\nOfosu, the Managing Proprietor of the Promising Hope Preparatory School at<br \/>\nAnyinam in the Atiwa East District of the Eastern Region, said parents also had<br \/>\nthe fundamental duty to morally train their children to become assets to<br \/>\nsociety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He said education<br \/>\nmust equip the youth with skills to enable them to be self-reliant and<br \/>\nparticipate in improving the wellbeing of their\u00a0\u00a0 communities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Mr Ofosu, also an<br \/>\nEducationist, said this when he conducted parents round a newly constructed<br \/>\nboarding house for the school and called on parents and guardians to ensure<br \/>\ntheir children and wards acquired basic education. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He stated that<br \/>\neducation was the only legacy to bequeath the children, which would broaden<br \/>\ntheir horizon and accelerate the pace of development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">Mr Ofosu said<br \/>\nempowerment of unskilled youth had been a challenge to every government and<br \/>\ntherefore acquisition of basic skills by the youth was every nation\u2019s priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He called for the<br \/>\ndevelopment of a comprehensive policy, which would empower the youth to develop<br \/>\ntheir talents and enhance their welfare as future leaders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">He urged the<br \/>\nbusiness community and churches to help provide skills training to people in<br \/>\ndeprived areas as part of their corporate social responsibility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Tahoma&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;\">GNA<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"IL_IN_TAG\" value=\"1\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Go to www.addthis.com\/dashboard to customize your tools --><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Print Thursday 9th January, 2020 news, story, article By Lord de-Graft Aikins, GNA Anyinam (E\/R), Jan. 09, GNA \u2013 The youth have been urged to take their studies seriously to achieve their future aspirations and effectively contribute their quota to national development. 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