Rector of GIMPA calls for investment in learningRector of GIMPA calls for investment in learning

Sekondi, Jan. 17, GNA – Prof Franklyn Achampong Manu, Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), says building the resource capacity of teachers was imperative than infrastructural development.“Investment in learning is very important and not just the physical infrastructure. What matters is the human infrastructure,” he told the GNA at the maiden matriculation ceremony of GIMPA’s satellite campus in Takoradi.Prof Manu said the country also needed to train more PHD holders for tertiary institutions in order to maximize the benefits of quality education.The matriculation saw 89 undergraduate and master’s students officially admitted into the GIMPA family.He said, “Cuba has not the best of educational infrastructure but yet they are able to produce quality human resources and are able to export some to other countries.”Professor Manu said investing in learning would also require the provision of internet services, audiovisuals equipment and other learning materials, adding that education in today’s world was critical to the individual’s self advancement and nation building as a whole and therefore called on government to invest more in learning rather than infrastructure.GNA Read Full Story