Narkie is a final year student of the University of Ghana, Legon-Accra. She is pursuing a degree in political science and information studies. Her single mother struggled to care for her four children after her father passed away. HopE Ghana offered her a full annual tuition scholarship during her final year in 2014-2015. Narkie hopes to get her masters degree in international relations with the objective of becoming a market research analyst so she can give back to her community in the future.
A little over 5% of the population of Brong Ahafo region in Ghana are able to go beyond secondary school.
1 in 1000 has attained post-graduate education.*
The Region has the lowest proportion of regional population (1.3%) in post-secondary education.
Only 5 of 27 districts in Brong Ahafo Region have 5% of households who own laptops and/or desktop computers. (*2010 census)
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