Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has urged
tertiary students to constantly upgrade their knowledge in Information, Communication Technology (ICT) so as to become better positioned on the job market.
He said the reality must not be lost on them about the critical role and dependence on ICT for the achievement of corporate mission and work efficiency in today’s globalized economy.
Employers, he said, were therefore getting increasingly interested in recruiting only graduates with skills and expertise in information technology (IT).
Otumfuo Osei Tutu said this in a speech read for him at the Seventh Annual Graduation ceremony of the Kumasi Centre of NIIT Ghana, an ICT Training Institution.
In all, 125 students graduated and were awarded certificates after a two-year study in IT and Business Skills, Network and Software
Engineering.
The Asantehene lauded the NIIT for its immense contribution to the development of the human resource base of the country.
He said he was confident that the management would continue to remain focussed on its goal of helping to equip the youth with the
requisite skills necessary for their development.
Mr Vivek Verma, Manager in-charge of Business, NIIT Ghana, spoke of plans to introduce more courses, responsive to the needs of the
market.
He said they had also stepped up efforts at opening additional NIIT branches across the nation to enable the youth to have access to ICT
education.