Dr. Adutwum (left) making a presentation to the Cuban Ambassador during the courtesy call
THE CUBAN Government has pledged to support the nation’s transformation agenda through education.
Cuba’s Ambassador to Ghana, Anette Chao Garcia, who announced this said the Cuban Government was ready to support Ghana in the transformation of its economy through education development.
She explained that her office would soon engage the Ghana Government through the Education Ministry to discuss the various ways it could help the country so it will decide the specific education support it could offer the nation to transform its economy.
Mrs. Chao Garcia announced this when she paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, in Accra Wednesday.
“The people of Cuba are very happy with the state of development in Ghana so I am here to find means of contributing towards this noble achievement by the Government of Ghana,” she said.
Ambassador Garcia mentioned some of the areas they were looking at supporting such as the special education sector as well as supporting the development of the government’s Science, Technical, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) agenda which would help transform the economy.
She also highlighted plans to help some Ghanaian students to get scholarships to study in Cuba.
Shower of Praise
The Cuban Ambassador was full of praise to Dr. Adutwum for agreeing to ‘come home’ to help with the development of the nation’s education, and called on all Ghanaians abroad to emulate the good example by Dr. Adutwum.
The Minister for Education, Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum, on his part said the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo-led government was poised in turning the fortunes of the nation around through education development to boost the training of the needed human capital to push the nation’s development forward.
He explained that a lot of support was being offered by the government towards improving the teaching and learning of STEM at all levels of education in the country to provide the right manpower to lead the nation’s development.
Dr. Adutwum said the nation cannot be left out again in the fast development around the globe.
He lauded the Arab Development Bank for accepting to construct 15 STEM Academies across the country to complement the government effort at boosting the teaching and learning of STEM-related courses across the country.
Dr. Adutwum said everything possible was being done by the government to create a level playing field for all students to pursue courses of interest to them so they could contribute towards the development of the country and the rest of the world.
Mrs. Garcia is the first female Ambassador of Cuba to Ghana. She presented her letter of credence to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on November 23, 2021.
She replaces Pedro Luis Despaigne Gonzalez whose term of office ended in November 2021.
Her courtesy call on the Education Minister was to introduce herself and interact with him on areas of interest as well as areas they could collaborate in for the good of the two countries.