Asanko Gold Mines has instituted a mentorship program for students at Essaase Bontefufuo Senior High School in the Amansie West District.
The program is part of the company’s corporate social responsibilities to promote education in the catchment and connect students to opportunities after school and other life transforming ventures.
“Most of the students don’t actually know where the courses they are studying will land them in future, that makes it necessary to embarked on this mentorship program to motivate them,” said Dr. Daniel Twumasi, Environmental and Sustainability Manager at Asanko Gold.
Speaking to Adom news, he said company also plans to take expose the students to internship programs.
“When it comes to national service and graduate training programs, we prioritize students from our catchment area,” he said.
Dr Twumasi affirm the mining company’s intervention is part of the broader goal of enhancing education in the catchment communities.
“We prioritize students from the catchment communities after national service. We have two-year graduate program that the students who have finished school can take advantage of, and at that stage you are practically working because you would have learnt a little bit after the national service and the graduate program is where you take off,” he stated.
He said if there are vacancies after the graduate program, you are taken on.
“The graduate training program is structured in a way to create a talent poll, so vacancies that come up after the graduate program they prioritize those candidates who have gone through the graduate training program,” he expressed.
Some staff of Asanko Gold Mine advised the students to take their academia serious and assured them of employment.