The Ghana Institute of Languages is located in

Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ...

, the capital of

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

, and teaches English, French, German, Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and Russian languages. It was established in 1961 by the first President of Ghana, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah. Initially, it was directly under the control of the office of the President at the Castle. It was formed to enhance the linguistic competence in modern languages of Foreign Service personnel and civil servants. Currently, The Institute is under the Ministry of Education with the National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE) having oversight responsibility. The head office of the Ghana Institute of Languages is currently located in the centre of the metropolis of Accra. It lies off Barnes Road in the education loop and houses the School of Languages and the administrative staff. The School of Translators and the School of Bilingual Secretaryship are located in the new branch offices in

East Legon East Legon is a town in the Accra Metropolis District, Accra Metropolitan district, a Districts of Ghana, district of the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. East Legon has a total area of 4.95 km2 (1.91 mi2) and a total distance of 9.36&nbs ...

. In

Kumasi Kumasi (historically spelled Comassie or Coomassie, usually spelled Kumase in Twi) is a city in the Ashanti Region, and is among the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana. Kumasi is located in a rain forest region near Lake Bosomtwe, and is the ...

, the Institute is located at

Asokwa Asokwa is a town in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Town structure The town in under the jurisdiction of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly and is in the Asokwa (Ghana parliament constituency), Asokwa constituency of the Ghana Parliament, Gha ...

opposite the Kumasi polytechnic. The

Tamale A tamale, in Spanish tamal, is a traditional Mesoamerican dish made of masa, a dough made from nixtamalized corn, which is steamed in a corn husk or banana leaf. The wrapping can either be discarded prior to eating or used as a plate. Tamale ...

campus is in the Education Ridge, opposite the

Tamale Stadium The Tamale Sports Stadium is a multipurpose stadium in Tamale, Ghana, mostly used for football matches as well as a place for hosting events and serves as the home stadium of Real Tamale United, Tamale City FC and Steadfast FC Steadfast Football ...

Schools

* The School of Languages (SOL) * The School of Bilingual Secretaryship (SOBS) * The School of Translators (SOT) * The

Translation Translation is the communication of the Meaning (linguistic), meaning of a #Source and target languages, source-language text by means of an Dynamic and formal equivalence, equivalent #Source and target languages, target-language text. The ...

Bureau (Transbureau) * The Research Department

Mission

Its mission is to build bridges across

language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...

and

cultural Culture () is an umbrella term which encompasses the social behavior, institutions, and Social norm, norms found in human Society, societies, as well as the knowledge, beliefs, arts, laws, Social norm, customs, capabilities, and habits of the ...

barriers for

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

n unity and universal solidarity.

Vision

The vision of the Ghana institute of languages is to become a pre-eminent international centre of learning to produce first class professionals in modern languages who will foster African unity, promote

socio-economic Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes. In general it analyzes how modern societies progress, stagnate, or regress because of their local ...

and

political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

integration in

and facilitate

global communication Global Communication is an electronic music act, consisting of Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard. Biography Global Communication's first LP, '' 76:14'', is an acclaimed album from the ambient and 1990s electronic music genres. Beyond their w ...

Objectives

The main objectives of Ghana Institute of Languages are to: *Teach modern languages such as Arabic, English, French, German, Russian, Portuguese and Spanish. *Train bilingual secretaries (English and French) to provide the necessary manpower resources in modern business communication and modern office management. *Train professional translators. *Furnish advice to government and public authorities in Ghana at their request in respect of matters relating to the teaching of the said languages. *Provide translation services to potential clients. *Do all other things that are incidental to or connected with the discharge of any or all of the said functions. *Provide efficient language services such as translation, interpretation, bilingual secretarial services and tour guiding.

Governance

The Ghana Institute of Languages Board of Management is drawn from a number of Institutions including the following: representatives from the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

, the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

, the

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration The Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) is a public co-educational university spread over four campuses (Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Takoradi) and made up of six schools, ten research centers located at Greenhill in Accra ...

(GIMPA), the

Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...

, the Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) and Ghana National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GNCCI). The Director and Assistant Director of the Institute are

ex-officio An ''ex officio'' member is a member of a body (notably a board, committee, council) who is part of it by virtue of holding another office. The term ''ex officio'' is Latin, meaning literally 'from the office', and the sense intended is 'by right ...

members of the Board.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ghana Institute of Languages Universities and colleges in Ghana Education in Accra Educational institutions established in 1961