Accra hosts 11th Edition of ‘Schools Summit’ next Friday

The 11th Annual Schools and Educators Conference dubbed: ‘Schools Summit’ takes place in Accra from Friday, 26th to Saturday, 27th September, 2014. The summit aims at equipping and transforming stakeholders in the education sector.  

The two-day summit will start at the British Council, Accra, and will target school directors  and owners, school heads, managers , administrators and teachers.

Also expected to take part in the programme  are after-school caregivers, entrepreneurs, school marketing managers, new and prospective school owners, as well as educational consultants.

The event, which is organised and promoted by the Digital Education Group (DEG) in partnership with its international and local partners, is on the theme:  ‘Creating Competitive Advantage in Education’. 

According to the organisers, this year’s event will focus on contemporary topics such as  competitive advantage through personal and educational branding, financing school projects, creating effective educational partnerships, staying ahead with technology and instructional strategy.

High-profile speakers include Mr Anis Haffar (CEO, GATE Institute and of Educational Matters – Daily Graphic), Mr George Andah (Former Chief Marketing Officer, MTN, and currently CEO, Rudder Solutions), Eugenia Tachie-Menson (VLISCO Ambassador and Executive Director of Spelling Bee Ghana) and Maximus Ametorgoh (CEO PopOut Ghana) among others.

The Acting Director General of  the Ghana Education Service (GES), Mr Charles A. Tsegah, is expected to deliver the keynote address at the summit which would be followed by other renowned  speakers and educators with  experience in marketing and branding.

A  press release  by the Business Development Manager of the Digital Education Group, Mr Ben-Ike Fredua Agyeman, hinted that ‘Our innovative and interactive morning mentoring - breakout sessions will feature again this year with  educational experts  interacting  with participants in smaller breakout sessions to discuss specific needs and  to share ideas. 

He stressed that the summit would also feature an ‘EDUFAIR’ - an exhibition platform aimed at showcasing a wide variety of discounted products and services for schools including school stationery, educational toys, CDs & DVDs.