Three applicants received awards last year for a full time postgraduate programme tenable at the British Higher Education listing. This year, the Bank of England is yet to advertise applications for the scheme. The TCT scheme agreed between the governments of Britain and Ghana, gives priority to training key personnel employed on DFID supported projects. We aim through training to strengthen manpower resources. Training concentrates on the knowledge and skills needed for Ghana's economic and social development, and not merely to satisfy the aspirations of individual candidates.
Some training is provided in the United Kingdom, or in another country as appropriate.
Candidates normally under the age of forty five, are nominated by the Government of Ghana and accepted on the basis of their personal qualities and their likelihood of returning to positions of responsibility in which they can exercise newly acquired skills and knowledge. They are normally employed in the public sector. Priority is given to the training of those who will themselves be trainers thus having a multiplier effect. There are currently about twenty five to thirty awards for Ghana each year, mainly in the health sector. Training is also available in a wide range of subjects in the economic, social and technical fields to enable the trainee to contribute to the economic or social development of his or her home country within a reasonable time.