Ghana's ministries support Russian educational initiatives

During the visit, the Executive Director of the CPD, Natalia Krasovskaya, and staff from the Russian House in Accra held a series of negotiations and working meetings in the republic's ministries and universities. These efforts strengthened partnerships, established inter-university cooperation, and coordinated new joint projects, particularly in the field of teaching Russian in Ghana.

For example, at a meeting with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ghana, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, an agreement was reached to open special language courses for students—future diplomats of the republic—at the Diplomatic Service Institute under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ghana. Saint Petersburg State University, an active participant in the Russian Universities Consortium for cooperation with African countries, will help implement this project.

An important meeting also took place at the Ministry of Education of Ghana. Deputy Minister of Education and parliamentarian Clement Abass Apak expressed full support for the Center's current and planned educational initiatives. The next step is signing a cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Education of Ghana and the CPD; this document is currently in development.

A roadmap for cooperation was outlined with Ghana's largest pedagogical university—the University of Education, Winneba. The parties agreed on the direction of joint work aimed at launching pilot language courses at the university and, in the long term, establishing a department for training Russian language teachers. Glazov State Pedagogical Institute named after V. G. Korolenko is being considered as a project partner.

Another cooperation agreement is planned between the CPD and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and Creative Industries of Ghana, where the Russian delegation was received by Deputy Minister Divine Kwame Owusu-Ansah. The parties hope that the upcoming agreement will serve as a reliable foundation for developing Russian-Ghanaian humanitarian and cultural initiatives.