Abstract:
Education helps in creating innovations and meeting the growing needs of every nation. Thus, the
development of a nation can be ascribed to its educational system: not through the buildings it has
put up, the roads and, bridges it has constructed, but by the human resources it has developed
through a well-defined educational system. In the absence of well-defined educational system, the
nation can hardly develop and maintain its infrastructure and resources.
Thus, the growth of any society is not possible without education. In this paper, we elaborate on
how Ghana can strengthen its educational system and promote accelerated development, by
encouraging Institutions to run or deliver UK/US programs in some selected Institutions in the
country to either amend or improve on its educational system and promote accelerated
development. This will provide opportunities such as reducing the unemployment rate and also
reducing the brain-drift among the youth. Some of the challenges to the above were identified as:
high cost of tuition, difficulty in acquiring accreditation for programs, lack of infrastructure and
qualified lecturers. To help mitigate the risks that might be associated with delivering a UK/US
program in Ghana, Institutions need to undertake extensive and comprehensive research to
primarily identify the need of the country where these programs would be delivered and also
develop partnerships with institutions in these countries to formulate a plan suited to the nation’s
needs.
