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NPP Member of Parliament for Manhyia North Constituency, Hon. Collins Owusu Amankwah has appealed to government to consider prioritizing virtual education in the Universities.

His comment comes on the back of calls from the Chairman of Vice-Chancellors Ghana (V-CG), Professor Ebenezer Oduro Owusu to the government to support public Universities with infrastructure and logistics to enable them to admit more students following the introduction of the free Senior High School (SHS) policy.

The appeal of the Vice-Chancellor is also to aid the first batch of beneficiaries of the policy to qualify for tertiary education this year.

Speaking on UTV’s “Adekye Nsroma”, Hon. Opoku Amankwah said, “we can be able to absorb more SHS candidates into our Universities to get access to equal platform to better their lives in future. I believe government is doing its best to provide physical infrastructure to absorb more students into our Universities...”

“Now the world is fast changing and I encourage every Ghanaian student to be abreast of technology. Through technology, we can archive anything we want to do...I think the government should consider virtual education because now we can be in Ghana and still enroll in foreign courses to do our Master programs. So, why can’t we do same for our Universities?

“With virtual education students in small or rural districts, many of which do not have the capacity to offer higher level courses, will have access to the courses they need to be competitive as they look toward attending college or entering the workforce. It will also give students the access to access their courses that will best meet their individual needs, based on their interests and/or career choices. Barrier should not be a hindrance in accessing quality education because wherever you are you must be able to access good and quality education,” he added.

He urged Ghanaians to take advantage of digital world.