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Mrs. Mawuena Trebarh, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC), has noted that innovation and entrepreneurship can help improve the pursuit of education.

She therefore called for a shift in mindset for education to provide a mix of creativity, experiential learning, and skill building.

Mrs. Trebarh made this statement in Koforidua at the first Education Camp Conference, which brought educationists together to discuss issues about education challenges as well as successes.

The conference was organised by NOVAN Education and Training, a non-governmental organisation, on the theme ‘Access to quality education in Eastern Region’.

She said for Ghana to attract high-value and good investment returns into the economy, it is critical to find a way of investing in the requisite manpower in order to match investors' vision and ideas, especially in joint venture partnerships.

She noted that education in primary and secondary levels should be aimed at developing competencies such as creativity, initiative, inventiveness and personal qualities that are necessary to adapt to the changing world.

Mrs. Trebarh called for the strengthening of collaboration between private and government training institutions and industry, to shape the current and future skills requirements and demands of industry for all sectors of the economy.

She said as part of government's policy to increase supply and improve the quality of entrepreneurial management skills in all sectors of the economy, a National Entrepreneurship Seminar was organised by her outfit in March last year to ensure the building of a more entrepreneurial economy.

She said GIPC also embarked on an annual nationwide investment outreach programme aimed at meeting the local content requirements of the Centre's investment promotion mandate, as well as provide a platform to identify and collate domestic data on various investment projects and opportunities.

Very Reverend Abraham Osei Donkor, Headmaster of Ghana Senior High School Koforidua -- a participant, called on stakeholders to plan consistently to ensure that resources and infrastructure are delivered at the right places to achieve quality education.

He said the programme has opened many sources for educators to link up in seeking support, instead of relying solely on central government.

He expressed the need for a national educational policy to enhance the sector’s status.