The Republic of Turkey is planning to build a university college in Ghana offering two-year courses in Technical Skills and Nursing.

In an exclusive interview with DAILY GUIDE at the Turkish Embassy on Monday, the Turkish Ambassador to Ghana, Aydin Nurhan said the ultra-modern educational institutions would train a total of 400 students in Nursing and Technical Skills. Approximately 200 students would pass out annually—100 from each discipline.

“There are two areas that are very important for us; they are the Nursing school and a technical school. Our priority would be world class technicians and nurses,” he told DAILY GUIDE.

The planned Turkish university would come with a fully fledged hospital facility where the nurses would be trained.

After they pass out, students from this school would be sent to Turkey to work temporarily. They would subsequently be allowed to come back to Ghana to contribute their quota to the country, the Ambassador explained.

The cost of the project is not immediately available, but the Turkish diplomat hinted that funding for the university would come solely from the Turkish government. Already, the Embassy was looking for a suitable site for the school.

Mr. Nurhan told the newspaper that overtures were being made to the University of Ghana Legon, for the school to be cited on some of its lands scattered all over Accra.

Turkey was not new to the funding of educational infrastructure in Ghana. Indeed, the Galaxy International School was one of the educational institutions set up more than a decade ago by the Turkish educational corporation—Surat Educational Corporation Ltd.

They have schools in many parts of the world like the US, Britain and other parts of Africa. The schools were Science and Mathematics oriented.

Plans for this school, according to Ambassador Nurhan were due to the vastly improved relations between Ghana and Turkey. The ambassador was full of glowing optimism for the growing relationship between Ghana and Turkey.

In the past decade, the two countries have improved bilateral and economic relations tremendously.

Turkey’s profile was rising quickly in the global scheme of things, with its economy expanding rapidly as the sixth biggest market in Europe. As the country grew, its thirst for skilled human resources also grew rapidly.

According to the ambassador, the country needed to explore innovative ways of boosting the supply of skill training in one of the key areas of his country—Technical Skills and Nursing.