Ghana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that it has established student desks in 11 diplomatic missions to assist Ghanaian students studying abroad.
The report by the Daily Graphic on Monday said that the Foreign Affairs Minister Okudzeto Ablakwa stated in a Facebook post that it will be extended to all missions in order to provide direct support in areas such as tuition payments, immigration matters, medical emergencies, academic verification, housing, evacuations, and legal aid.
According to the minister, the student desks have been set up in Abidjan, Beijing, Belgrade, Cotonou, Havana, Lomé, London, Moscow, Rabat, Rome, and Ottawa and that these locations were chosen based on data showing a high number of Ghanaian students in these countries.
It added that Consular officials assigned to the desks will submit monthly reports to the Consular and Humanitarian Affairs Bureau, which will forward updates to the foreign minister.
The minister explained that the move is intended to address longstanding complaints from Ghanaian students abroad, especially those on government scholarships, who have often struggled to access assistance from Ghana’s embassies.
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