The MasterCard Foundation Scholars Program (MFSP) at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has launched its annual week-long Summer Skills Training Programme (Summer Camp) to prepare scholars for the job market.
The objective of this years’ Summer Camp, according to the Program Manager of MCFSP at KNUST, Ms. Afia Ampomah Awuah is to equip scholars with useful hands-on soft skills that will enable them stand out in the cooperate world. Also, to provide scholars with the opportunity to unearth and stimulate their entrepreneurial potentials to benefit their communities.
The 2021 Summer Camp under the theme: ‘Reinforcing Scholars Entrepreneurial Capacities’ was launched on Monday, September 20, 2021.
Ms. Ampomah Awuah also indicated that the training programme would help imbibe in the scholars entrepreneurial and leadership skills that will help them to become transformative leaders on the African continent.
“We do not only want scholars to graduate with degrees, but we also want them to have practical hands-on experiences and skills so that they can teach others to help them start their own small businesses,” she said.
The scholars were exposed to diverse soft skills training programmes including, Macrame, Make-up Artistry, Satellite Installation, Beading, Tie and Dye/Batik and Screen Printing, Catering/Culinary Art, Soap Making, Millinery and Packaging, App Development, Introduction to Graphic Design (Photoshop), Bee Keeping/Snail and Mushroom Farming, Wig-Making, Yogurt Production and Photography and Video Editing.
