GIL students urged to help consolidate regional integration

Kumasi, Nov 7, GNA – Dr John Rex Gadzekpo, the Director of the Ghana Institute of Languages (GIL), has appealed to the students to help achieve the vision of the founding fathers by playing active role to consolidate the regional integration process.     He said apart from learning and acquiring knowledge in different languages, the students owed it a duty to bring their colleagues from other countries together to promote African unity.     He was speaking at a ceremony to formally admit 280 students into the Institute - the Kumasi campus. They are made up of 236 Ghanaians and 44 foreigners.     Dr Gadzekpo said the GIL was a unique institution, bringing people of diverse cultures to interact and learn different languages, something that was critical for the continent’s integration.     He advised the students to take advantage of the opportunity to break the language barriers and liberate the continent from the shackles of ignorance, diseases and conflicts.     Mr Andrews Dery, the Head of the School, in Kumasi, said they were working hard to increase enrolment.     As part of this, the school would launch vigorous campaign in the media to create awareness of the courses, programmes and the importance of learning foreign languages.     He said a team would also be visiting second cycle institutions in the Ashanti and Brong-Ahafo Regions to persuade students to enroll in the GIL.   GNA... Read Full Story